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. 2022 May 4;6(8):1910–1921. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1970

TABLE 2.

Comparison of baseline parameters of ITCH participants and LOGIC ALGS natural history cohort

ITCH (All participants) LOGIC ALGS natural history cohort (unweighted) LOGIC ALGS natural history cohort (weighted)
N 37 59 59
Summary statistics, mean (SD) [n], median Summary statistics SMD% (p value) Summary statistics SMD% (p value a )
Age, years 6.8 (4.5) [37], 6.0 4.1 (3.2) [59], 2.5 69% (<0.001) 6.2 (3.1) [59], 6.5 16% (0.32)
Age (<0.001) (1.00)
<2 years 2 (5%) 26 (44%) 3.2 (5%)
2–4 years 12 (32%) 13 (22%) 19.1 (32%)
5–7 years 11 (30%) 10 (17%) 17.5 (30%)
8–18 years 12 (33%) 10 (17%) 19.1 (32%)
Gender (1.00) (0.63)
Female 16 (43%) 25 (42%) 22.2 (38%)
Male 21 (57%) 33 (56%) 36.7 (62%)
Not reported 1 (2%) 0.1 (0.2%) b
Race (0.053) (0.16)
White 29 (78%) 30 (51%) 33.7 (57%)
Black 5 (14%) 13 (22%) 9.3 (16%)
Non‐White, Non‐Black 2 (5%) 9 (15%) 11.1 (19%)
Not reported 1 (3%) 7 (12%) 4.9 (8%)
Ethnicity (0.63) (0.91)
Hispanic 7 (18.9%) 9 (15%) 11.7 (20%)
Non‐Hispanic 30 (81%) 48 (81%) 47.0 (80%)
Not reported 2 (3%) 0.2 (0.4%) b
ItchRO 2.9 (0.60) [37], 2.9
CSS, range 0–4 3.0 (1.1) [37], 3.0 2,9 (0.7) [59], 3.0 11% (0.47) 2.8 (0.7) [59], 2.4 22% (0.16)
PesQL parent total score, range 0–100 65 (20.1) [35], 67 78.8 (12.86) [21], 84.7 −82% (<0.001) 79.0 (9.7) [21], 83.1 −89% (<0.001)
Total bilirubin (mg/dl) [3] 5.3 (6.18) [37], 2.1 4.9 (5.42) [57], 2.3 7% (0.67) 3.7 (5.2) [57], 1.4 28% (0.07
Cholesterol (mg/dl) 405.7 (313.6) [37], 320 522.4 (342.6) [24], 454 −36% (0.06) 408.1 (151.8) [24], 301.4 −1% (0.94)
Serum bile acid (umol/L) 216.3 (203.3) [37], 155.5 174.2 (9.0) [14], 179.2 27% (0.14) 147.5 (29.9) [14], 160.0 47% (0.007)
ALT (IU/L) 158.7 (86.5) [37], 137 196.7 (99.5) [57], 187 −41% (0.007) 184.7 (109.2) [57], 163.9 −26% (0.07)
GGT (IU/L) 494.9 (379.8) [37], 329 542.1 (460.4) [54], 388 −11% (0.45) 495.6 (439.6) [54], 292 0% (0.99)
Albumin (g/dl) 4.5 (0.4) [37], 4.6 4.1 (0.4) [57], 4.1 95% (<0.001) 4.2 (0.4) [57], 4.1 76% (<0.001)
Platelets (103/mm3) 287.0 (109.5) [37], 258 308.0 (110.4) [51], 308 −19% (0.214) 289.7 (105.9) [51], 263.7 −3% (0.87)
Height z score −1.6 (1.2) [37], −1.6 −2.3 (1.3) [58], −2.3 59% (<0.001) −1.9 (1.0) [58], −2.0 26% (0.09)
Weight z score −1.3 (1.1) [37], −1.3 −1.7 (0.9) [58], −1.7 39% (0.01) −1.5 (0.9) [58], −1.4 17% (0.26)

Abbreviation: SMD, standardized mean difference.

a

Compare weighted LOGIC ALGS natural history cohort to the ITCH/IMAGINE II participants. Continuous variables use t‐tests, categorical variables use Wald Chi‐square tests.

b

Excluded from weighted Wald Chi‐square test due to empty cell issue.