Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis including patients with HCC or Cholangiocarcinoma

		Peak MELD-Na >15	Peak MELD-Na 15 or less	p
N		4993	4726
Total # deaths (%)		2253 (45.1)	736 (15.3)	<0.001
Person-Years at risk		10,412	14,060
Rate of death per 100 person-years		21.6	5.2
Cause of death n (%)				<0.001
	Liver	1698 (75.4)	448 (60.9)
	Nonliver	477 (21.2)	264 (35.9)
	Nondescript	78 (3.5)	24 (3.3)
Subcategory if Liver Related n (%)				<0.001
	Bleeding	47 (2.7)	14 (3.1)
	Infectious	378 (21.7)	89 (19.4)
	Oncologic	352 (20.2)	158 (34.4)
	Other Portal hypertensive	104 (6.0)	27 (5.9)
	Varices	74 (4.2)	17 (3.7)
	Other	787 (45.2)	154 (33.6)