Table 2.

Variables associated with receipt of GI subspecialty care among patients with liver disease on unadjusted and multivariable adjusted analysis

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	Odds ratio	P value	Odds ratio	P value
Age	0.98	<0.001	0.98	<0.001
Male gender	0.9	0.34	0.96	0.49
Race/ethnicity
1=White, ethnicity unknown, or not Hispanic	1.1	0.02	1.1	0.027
2=White, Hispanic ethnicity	1.5	0.004	1.2	0.25
3=Black, ethnicity unknown, or not Hispanic	1.8	<0.001	1.4	<0.001
4=Black, Hispanic ethnicity	1.3	0.57	0.99	0.98
5=All other races, ethnicity unknown, or not Hispanic	1.3	0.14	1.2	0.34
6=All other races. Hispanic ethnicity	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7
Urban location	1.5	<0.001	1.1	<0.001
Elixhauser comorbidity score	0.9	<0.001	0.98	0.013
Hepatitis C	1.8	<0.001	15	<0.001
Cirrhosis	2.8	<0.001	3.5	<0.001
ALT (IU/dI)	1.0a	<0.001	1.0a	0.028
Hepatitis B	0.99	0.87	0.8	0.001
SBP	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.26
Variceal bleed	1.6	0.001	0.9	0.4
HRS	0.5	0.028	0.3	<0.001
HCC	0.4	<0.001	0.4	<0.001
Ascites	1.9	<0.001	0.7	0.001
Abdominal ultrasound	1.4	<0.001	1.4	<0.001
Abdominal CT	0.9	0.005	0.9	0.016
Abdominal MRI	0.9	0.29	0.9	0.23
Liver biopsy	2.2	<0.001	1.9	<0.001
Paracentesis	1.3	0.25	0.8	0.27
EGD	1.2	<0.001	1.3	<0.001
Driving distance in miles	0.997	<0.001	0.998	<0.001
Bilirubin (mg/dI)	1.1	<0.001	1.0	<0.001

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CT, computed tomography: EGD, upper endoscopy: Gl. gastrointestinal: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma: HRS. hepatorenal syndrome; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SBP, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

^aALT values were significant at odds ratios of 1.0002 for both bivariate and multivariate analyses.