Table 1:

Comparison of Demographics and Diet between Cohorts in the Entire Group

	USA (n=157)			Brazil (n=228)
	Control (n=48)	Comp (n=59)	Decomp (n=50)	Control (n=57)	Comp (n=114)	Decomp (n=57)
Age‡*	62.1±13.6*	61.0±7.9	61.0±6.8	53.1±16.9	61.7±10.4	58.0±13.7
Male*	27	48*	46*	16	46	37
Race (White/Black/Other)	36/9/3	39/18/2	34/14/2	43/7/7	90/19/5	41/9/7
MELD score‡†	-	8.7±2.9	12.6±5.3*	-	8.4±2.3	14.6±5.3
NAFLD etiology*	-	10	4		69	14
Alcohol etiology*	-	16	27	-	16	21
Hepatitis C etiology*	-	27*	16	-	23	14
Other etiologies	-	6	3	-	6	8
Diabetes	-	14	15	-	63	18
Proton pump inhibitor use*‡†	10	19	26*	5	50	17
Ascites	-	-	34	-	-	41
Lactulose*	-	-	38*	-	-	25
Rifaximin*	-	-	31*	-	-	5
Prior hepatic encephalopathy ‡†	-	-	40*	-	-	27
Serum albumin (g/dl) ‡†	-	3.8±0.5	3.2±0.6	-	4.3±0.4	3.2±0.5
Smoking within 30 days	2	16	9	3	16	6
Active alcohol use‡†	10	3	2	12	9	2
Diet
Coffee‡†*	27*	38*	33	50	98	44
Tea†	18	18	16	30	42	26
Caffeinated carbonated drinks†	17	22	28	22	44	22
Other carbonated drinks†	6	10	7	24	35	16
Milk	30	30	30	35	72	35
Yogurt *	14*	9*	6*	27	26	24
Cheese	35	40	33	48	61	32
Eggs	25	27	23	37	43	30
Vegetables	46	50	39	55	91	34
Fruits	42	42	35	53	108	49
Multi-grain cereals † *	24	21	17	48	64	34
Rice † *	12	10	7	55	109	54
White bread	22	32	30	45	84	48
Wheat bread†	20	11	4*	31	35	17
Beef	34	49	41	50	93	48
Pork†	30	48	26	14	42	10
Seafood † *	10	10	9	1	3	0
Poultry	49	57	47	54	99	46
Chocolate†‡	14	13	12	35	31	16
Hospitalizations over 90 days *	-	6 (10%)	14 (28%)	-	0 (0%)	11 (19%)

^*p<0.05 US vs Brazil

^†p<0.05 within USA

^‡p<0.05 within Brazil

Comp: compensated, Decomp: decompensated. Rice in Brazil was interpreted as rice with beans, data are presented as raw numbers or mean±SD unless otherwise specified.