Table 1.
Sociodemographics, coexisting medical conditions, and medication use in people with and without liver cirrhosis
| Non-liver cirrhosis (n=15 764) |
Liver cirrhosis (n=3941) |
p Value | |||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Sex | 1.0000 | ||||
| Female | 4980 | (31.6) | 1245 | (31.6) | |
| Male | 10 784 | (68.4) | 2696 | (68.4) | |
| Age, years | 1.0000 | ||||
| 20–29 | 620 | (3.9) | 155 | (3.9) | |
| 30–39 | 1924 | (12.2) | 481 | (12.2) | |
| 40–49 | 3628 | (23.0) | 907 | (23.0) | |
| 50–59 | 3624 | (23.0) | 906 | (23.0) | |
| 60–69 | 3320 | (21.1) | 830 | (21.1) | |
| ≥70 | 2648 | (16.8) | 662 | (16.8) | |
| Low income | 362 | (2.3) | 211 | (5.3) | <0.0001 |
| Coexisting medical conditions | |||||
| Mental disorders | 3974 | (25.2) | 1437 | (36.5) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 5248 | (33.3) | 1406 | (35.7) | 0.0046 |
| COPD | 2892 | (18.4) | 992 | (25.2) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 2242 | (14.2) | 944 | (24.0) | <0.0001 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 2623 | (16.6) | 788 | (20.0) | <0.0001 |
| Stroke | 941 | (6.0) | 338 | (8.6) | <0.0001 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 1468 | (9.3) | 294 | (7.5) | 0.0003 |
| Congestive heart failure | 453 | (2.9) | 255 | (6.5) | <0.0001 |
| Renal dialysis | 123 | (0.8) | 112 | (2.8) | <0.0001 |
| Parkinson’s disease | 255 | (1.6) | 105 | (2.7) | <0.0001 |
| Medication use | |||||
| Anxiolytics | 5756 | (36.5) | 2550 | (64.7) | <0.0001 |
| Antipsychotics | 1559 | (9.9) | 805 | (20.4) | <0.0001 |
| Antiepileptics | 1547 | (9.8) | 773 | (19.6) | <0.0001 |
| Antidepressants | 1656 | (10.5) | 743 | (18.9) | <0.0001 |
| Oral steroids | 2549 | (16.2) | 672 | (17.1) | 0.1806 |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.