Table 1. Biodemographic Characteristics for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Hospitalizations From 2012 to 2018.
| Variables | Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Total number of hospitalizations | 1,565 | 2,340 | 2,265 | 2,495 |
| Mean age (years) | 56.7 | 55.8 | 56.4 | 58.1 |
| Women (%) | 50.5 | 50.2 | 46.7 | 47.3 |
| Racial distribution (%) | ||||
| White | 67.7 | 67.5 | 62 | 69.2 |
| Black | 6.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.4 |
| Hispanic | 16.0 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 14.4 |
| Others | 9.9 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 10.0 |
| Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) score (%) | ||||
| 1 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 7.6 |
| ≥ 3 | 79.3 | 82.2 | 82.4 | 86.8 |
| Insurance type (%) | ||||
| Medicaid | 45.6 | 38.5 | 39.8 | 44.4 |
| Medicare | 23.2 | 23.8 | 27.5 | 25.4 |
| Private | 25.5 | 34.1 | 30.9 | 26.7 |
| Uninsured | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.5 |