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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2019 Jul 24;25(9):1310–1320. doi: 10.1002/lt.25485

Table 1:

Baseline Characteristics of Transplant Candidates with ALD versus Other Etiologies

N All patients Alcohol only Other etiologies P Value
N (%) 83,348 19,111 (23) 64,237 (77)

Age group (years) 83,348 < 0.001
 18–34 4,443 (5) 498 (3) 3,945 (6)
 35–49 19,772 (24) 5,651 (30) 14,121 (22)
 50–64 48,608 (58) 11,004 (57) 37,604 (59)
 65 + 10,525 (13) 1,958 (10) 8,576 (13)

Median age (years) 83,348 55 (48–61) 54 (47–60) 55 (49–61) < 0.001

Female sex 83,348 33,031 (40) 4,972 (26) 28,059 (44) < 0.001

Race 83,348 < 0.001
 White 60,488 (73) 14,854 (78) 45,634 (71)
 Black 6,827 (8) 694 (4) 6,133 (10)
 Other 16,033 (19) 3,563 (18) 12,470 (19)

BMI 83,348 < 0.001
 Less than 20 2,395 (3) 692 (4) 1,703 (3)
 20–29 46,985 (56) 11,689 (61) 35,296 (55)
 30–34 19,986 (24) 4,332 (23) 15,654 (24)
 35–39 9,662 (12) 1,746 (9) 7,916 (12)
 > or = 40 4,320 (5) 652 (3) 3,668 (6)

Blood group 83,348 < 0.001
 O 38,483 (46) 8,775 (46) 29,708 (46)
 A 31,312 (38) 7,414 (39) 24,898 (37)
 B 10,250 (12) 2,201 (11) 8,049 (13)
 AB 3,303 (4) 721 (4) 2,582 (4)

Ascites 83,348 < 0.001
 Absent 15,915 (19) 2,781 (15) 13,134 (21)
 Slight 41,210 (49) 9,562 (50) 31,648 (49)
 Moderate or more 26,223 (32) 6,768 (35) 19,455 (30)

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis 80,488 5,758 (7) 1,819 (10) 3,939 (6) < 0.001

Encephalopathy 83,348 < 0.001
 None 25,759 (31) 5,077 (27) 20,682 (32)
 Grade 1–2 45,699 (55) 11,176 (58) 34,523 (54)
 Grade 3–4 11,890 (14) 2,858 (15) 9,032 (14)

TIPSS 80,509 6,766 (8) 2,019 (11) 4,747 (7) < 0.001

Portal vein thrombosis 80,091 3,445 (4) 709 (4) 2,736 (4) < 0.001

Diabetes 82,000 21,303 (26) 3,572 (19) 17,731 (28) < 0.001

Prior malignancy 80,447 4,993 (6) 760 (4) 4,233 (7) < 0.001

MELD at listing 83,348 < 0.001
 < 15 31,209 (37) 5,514 (29) 25,695 (40)
 15–24 33,998 (41) 8,118 (42) 25,880 (40)
 25–34 11,519 (14) 3,521 (19) 7,998 (12)
 ≥ 35 6,622 (8) 1,958 (10) 4,664 (8)

Median MELD 83,348 17 (13–23) 18 (14–26) 16 (12–22) < 0.001

Region for listing, by grouping of wait-time 83,348 < 0.001
 Short 26,620 (32) 5,283 (28) 21,337 (33)
 Moderate 32,220 (39) 8,003 (42) 24,217 (38)
 Long 24,508 (29) 5,825 (30) 18,683 (29)

Listing cohort 83,348 < 0.001
2002–2006 27,324 (33) 5,148 (27) 22,176 (34)
2007–2011 27,423 (33) 5,694 (30) 21,729 (34)
2012–2016 28,601 (34) 8,269 (43) 20,332 (32)