Table 1.
Gender, age and stage distribution of PBC from January 2001 to July 2016.
| Period 1, 2001–2004 (n = 28) | Period 2, 2005–2008 (n = 107) | Period 3, 2009–2012 (n = 283) | Period 4, 2013-July 2016 (n = 351) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.576 | ||||
| Male | 6 (21.4%) | 15 (14.0%) | 43 (15.2%) | 45 (12.8%) | |
| Female | 22 (78.6%) | 92 (86.0%) | 240 (84.8%) | 306 (87.2%) | |
| Age, years | 0.068 | ||||
| <40 | 0 (0%) | 14 (13.1%) | 26 (9.2%) | 19 (5.4%) | |
| 40–60 | 15 (53.6%) | 59 (55.1%) | 160 (56.5%) | 214 (61.0%) | |
| >60 | 13 (46.4%) | 34 (31.2%) | 97 (34.3%) | 118 (33.6%) | |
| Age, years | 57.3 ± 9.7 | 54.1 ± 12.1 | 55.5 ± 12.2 | 55.6 ± 11.6 | 0.552 |
| Stages | |||||
| Non-cirrhotic PBC | 15 (53.6%) | 50 (46.7%) | 125 (44.2%) | 130 (37.0%) | 0.086 |
| Cirrhotic PBC | 6 (21.4%) | 25 (23.4%) | 58 (20.5%) | 56 (16.0%) | 0.265 |
| Decompensated PBC | 7 (25.0%) | 32 (29.9%) | 100 (35.3%) | 165 (47.0%) | 0.001 |
| Histological stages | 4 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 0.276 |
| I–II | 1 | 3 | 9 | 36 | |
| III–IV | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |