Table 1.

Patient Baseline Characteristics.

	Median	Range
Age	50	21–66
	n	% of total
Sex
Women	85	48
Men	92	52
Etiology
Autoimmune	50	28.2
Viral	42	23.7
Alcoholic	33	18.6
Metabolic	18	10.2
Other	16	9.0
Cryptogenic	13	7.3
Multiple	5	2.8
Baseline MELD
≤10	49	27.7
11–15	47	26.6
16–20	43	24.3
≥21	38	21.5
Diabetes
Yes	32	18.1
No	145	81.9
Nicotine use
Never smoked	66	37.3
Former smoker	21	11.9
Smoker	40	22.6
No Data	50	28.2

MELD Model for end-stage liver disease.