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. 2017 Sep 3;5(4):335–342. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2017.00023

Table 1. Patient demographic characteristics.

Variable Result
Median age (IQR), years 61 (53, 67)
Sex, male/female 139 (58.9)/97 (41.1)
Median time since liver transplant (IQR), months 50.9 (19.6, 119.8)
Current immunosuppression medication
Primary
 Tacrolimus 190 (80.5)
 Cyclosporine 25 (10.6)
 Sirolimus 23 (9.7)
Adjunct
 Mycophenolate 78 (33.1)
 Prednisone 39 (16.5)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 99 (41.9)
 Hispanic white 89 (38.7)
 African American 13 (5.5)
 Asian 26 (11.0)
 Native American 3 (1.2)
 Other 9 (3.8)
Indication for liver transplantation
 Hepatitis B 20 (8.5)
 Hepatitis C 125 (53)
 Alcoholic cirrhosis 35 (14.8)
 Autoimmune hepatitis 14 (5.9)
 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 31 (13.1)
 Other 37 (15.7)
Pre-transplant hepatocellular cancer 34 (14.4)
History of smoking 206 (87.3)
Pre-transplant
 Diabetes mellitus 49 (20.8)
 Hypertension 90 (38.1)
 High cholesterol 40 (17.0)
 High triglycerides 49 (20.8)
Post-transplant
 Diabetes mellitus 64 (27.1)
 Hypertension 129 (54.7)
 High cholesterol 59 (25)
 High triglycerides 24 (10.2)
Body mass index, median (IQR)
 Before transplant 28 (24.4, 31.2)
 After transplant, first clinic visit 26 (23.2, 29.9)
 Current 26.8 (24.2, 30.4)
Education
 Less than high school 9 (3.8)
 High school 123 (52.1)
 College 46 (19.5)
 Graduate 35 (14.8)
 Other 23 (9.7)
Estimated annual income
 <$50,000 114 (48.3)
 $50,000–100,000 79 (33.5)
 >$100,000 43 (18.2)
Employment status
 Employed 82 (34.7)
 Retired 93 (39.4)
 Other 61 (25.8)
 <35 hours/week 18 (8.5)
 >35 hours/week 50 (23.6)

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise indicated. IQR, interquartile range.

Other reasons for transplant: cryptogenic cirrhosis, Wilson’s disease, acute liver failure, primary biliary cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, benign tumor, polycystic liver disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin disease.