Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical characteristics
| Characteristic | n (%) (N=30) |
| Demographics | |
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 58 (11) |
| Min–max | 25–79 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 20 (67) |
| Female | 10 (33) |
| Ethnicity (n=24) | |
| White British | 14 (58) |
| Black African | 2 (8) |
| Asian | 4 (17) |
| Other | 4 (17) |
| Relationship status (n=26) | |
| Married | 14 (54) |
| Divorced | 5 (19) |
| Partner (previously divorced) | 6 (23) |
| Widowed | 1 (4) |
| Living arrangements (n=28) | |
| With wife/partner | 8 (35) |
| With wife and children | 2 (9) |
| With children | 3 (13) |
| With friends | 2 (9) |
| Alone | 5 (22) |
| Hostel | 2 (9) |
| Hotel | 1 (4) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Cause of cirrhosis | |
| Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) | 11 (37) |
| Hepatitis C (Hep C), ALD | 3 (10) |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), Hep C, ALD | 1 (3) |
| HCC, Hepatitis B (Hep B), Hep C, ALD | 1 (3) |
| Hep C | 4 (13) |
| Hep C, HCC | 3 (10) |
| Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) | 2 (7) |
| NASH, HCC | 1 (3) |
| Other (primary biliary cirrhosis, antitrypsin) | 2 (7) |
| Previous transplant | 2 (7) |
| On transplant list | 5 (17) |