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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2016 Mar 18;61(8):2236–2241. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4118-1

Table 1.

Characteristics of total study population and by HBV screening status.

Screened for HBV
Characteristic (n, %) Total (n=4,008) No (n=2137, 53.3%) Yes (n=1871, 46.7%) P value
Age, yrs, mean (SD) 58 (18.4) 62.07 (18.2) 53.36 (17.6) < 0. 001
Male 2047 (51) 1018 (49.7) 1029 (50.3) < 0.001
History of HBV 107 (2.7) 12 (11.2) 95 (88.8) < 0.001
Race < 0.001
White 3001 (74.9) 1686 (56.2) 1315 (43.8)
Hispanic 198 (4.9) 84 (42.4) 114 (57.6)
Black 285 (7.1) 123 (43.2) 162 (56.8)
Asian 410 (10.2) 181 (44.1) 229 (55.9)
Other 114 (2.8) 63 (55.3) 51 (44.7)
Primary disease < 0.001
Solid Tumor 1649 (41.1) 1218 (73.9) 431 (26.1)
Liquid Tumor 1045 (26.1) 475 (45.5) 570 (54.5)
IBD 233 (5.8) 155 (66.5) 78 (33.5)
Rheumatologic 267 (6.7) 124 (46.4) 143 (53.6)
Psoriasis 73 (1.8) 28 (38.4) 45 (61.6)
Organ Transplant 678 (16.9) 100 (14.8) 578 (85.3)
Other 63 (1.6) 37 (58.7) 26 (41.3)
Diagnosis Year < 0.001
Before 2008 1,445 (36.1) 948 (65.6) 497 (34.4)
2008 or After 2,563 (63.9) 1189 (46.4) 1374 (53.6)
Type of therapy < 0.001
Chemotherapy (non-Rituximab) 2382 (59.4) 1531 (64.3) 851 (35.7)
Rituximab-based Therapy 348 (8.7) 180 (51.7) 168 (48.3)
Anti-TNF 247 (6.2) 136 (55.1) 111 (44.9)
Anti-Rejection 678 (16.9) 100 (14.7) 578 (85.3)
Other 353 (8.8) 190 (53.8) 163 (46.2)
Specialty provider < 0.001
Oncologist 2695 (67.2) 1693 (62.8) 1002 (37.2)
Gastroenterologist 233 (5.8) 155 (66.5) 78 (33.5)
Rheumatologist 267 (6.7) 124 (46.4) 143 (53.6)
Dermatologist 73 (1.8) 28 (38.4) 45 (61.6)
Transplant 678 (16.9) 100 (14.8) 578 (85.2)
Neurologist or Hematologist 63 (1.6) 37 (58.7) 26 (41.3)

Idiopathic thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, plaquenil.