Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 126 men and women with cirrhosis who underwent urgent evaluation and liver transplantation within the same hospitalization

Characteristic*		All (n = 126)	Men n = 80 (63%)	Women n = 46 (37%)	P-value
Age, years		53 (46–59)	53 (46–58)	54 (46–60)	0.32
Race	Non-Hispanic white	87 (71)	55 (71)	32 (71)	0.33
	Black	6 (5)	4 (5)	2 (4)
	Hispanic	17 (14)	12 (16)	5 (11)
	Asian	7 (6)	5 (6)	2 (4)
	Other	5 (4)	1 (1)	4 (9)
Etiology of liver disease	HCV	39 (31)	27 (34)	12 (26)	0.02
	Alcohol	31 (25)	23 (29)	8 (17)
	NASH/NAFLD	9 (7)	4 (5)	5 (11)
	AIH/PBC/PSC	16 (13)	5 (6)	11 (24)
	HBV	12 (10)	10 (13)	2 (4)
	Other	19 (15)	11 (14)	8 (17)
HCC		16 (13)	11 (14)	5 (11)	0.67
Diabetes		23 (18)	12 (15)	11 (25)	0.4
Coronary Artery Disease		5 (4)	4 (5)	1 (2)	0.5
Weight, kg		81 (69–95)	85 (71–107)	77 (67–87)	0.02
BMI, kg/m2		28 (24–33)	28 (24–35)	27 (24–32)	0.38
Admit MELD		30 (22–36)	29 (21–36)	30 (24–37)	0.60
Admit MELDNa		33 (25–38)	32 (25–38)	33 (26–38)	0.78
Laboratories at transplant	MELD	32 (25–37)	33 (26–39)	31 (25–36)	0.23
	MELDNa	32 (26–38)	34 (27–39)	32 (26–37)	0.17
	Sodium	137 (133–141)	137 (132–141)	138 (135–141)	0.07
	Bilirubin	16.9 (6.3–31.2)	16.4 (6.1–31.5)	18.5 (7.4–31.2)	0.88
	INR	2.3 (1.7–3.1)	2.3 (1.7–3.1)	2.3 (1.7–3.0)	0.97
	Creatinine	1.8 (1.0–3.0)	2.1 (1.2–3.2)	1.5 (0.9–2.2)	0.04
	Albumin (g/dL)	3.2 (2.9–3.7)	3.1 (2.8–3.4)	3.4 (3.1–4.0)	0.01
Ascites	None	25 (20)	18 (23)	7 (16)	0.56
	Mild/moderate	56 (44)	36 (45)	20 (44)
	Severe	44 (35)	26 (33)	18 (40)
Hepatic encephalopathy	Absent	45 (36)	33 (42)	12 (26)	0.19
	Altered Mood/Confusion	47 (38)	26 (33)	21 (46)
	Markedly Confused/Comatose	33 (26)	20 (25)	13 (28)
Simultaneous liver/kidney transplant		9 (11)	6 (12)	3 (10)	0.82
Time from abdominal CT scan to transplant, days		14 (7–30)	11 (6–25)	19 (9–35)	0.04
Posttransplant follow-up time, years		5.1 (2–9.8)	5.2 (2.0–10.6)	4.2 (2–8.9)	0.31

^*Median (IQR) or n (%)