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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Int. 2021 Nov 29;42(2):394–401. doi: 10.1111/liv.15108

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of entire study cohort (n = 58)

Variable Total cohort (n = 58) AIH (n = 33) ASC/PSC (n = 25)
Sex, n (%) female    25 (43%)   15 (46%)   10 (40%)

Race, n (%) White    55 (95%)   33 (100%)   22 (88%)

Age at MRI, years    16 (13, 18)   16 (13, 18)   16 (14, 17)

Duration of disease from diagnosis to MRI, months    15 (2, 39)   14 (2, 39)   16 (2, 39)

IBD diagnosis, n (%)    19 (33%)  1 (3%)*   18 (72%)*

Corticosteroid exposure, n (%)
 Use at time of MRI    28 (48%)   18 (55%)   10 (40%)

Total corticosteroid exposure since diagnosis, n (%)
 ≥3 months    35 (60%)   19 (58%)   16 (64%)
 <3 months    10 (17%)  8 (24%)  2 (8%)
 None    13 (22%)  6 (18%)  7 (28%)
Weight, kg at MRI    65 (51, 75)   67 (51, 75)   63 (58, 71)
Height, cm at MRI  168 (154, 176) 165 (149, 171)* 172 (162, 180)*
BMI, kg/m2 at MRI    22 (20, 25)   23 (20, 25)   21 (19, 24)
BMI z score at MRI 0.61 (−1, 1.4)  0.7 (0.5, 1.4)*  0.3 (−0.6, 1.0)*
BUN (mg/dL)    11 (9, 12)   11 (9, 12)   10 (8, 12)
Creatinine (mg/dL)   0.6 (0.5, 0.8)  0.6 (0.5, 0.7)  0.7 (0.6, 0.8)
AST (U/L)    41 (27, 81)   47 (34, 83)   32 (24, 55)
ALT (U/L)    65 (31, 91)   68 (31, 94)   56 (34, 86)
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)   0.2 (0.1, 0.3)  0.2 (0.1, 0.3)  0.1 (0.1, 0.3)
GGT (U/L)    55 (17, 172)   44 (15, 134)   56 (27, 202)
Albumin (g/dL)   3.8 (3.5, 4.1)  3.9 (3.6, 4.2)  3.7 (3.5, 4.1)
INR (s)   1.1 (1.1, 1.2)  1.2 (1.1, 1.2)  1.1 (1.1, 1.1)

Note: Continuous variables are expressed as median (IQR).

Abbreviations: AIH, autoimmune hepatitis; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ASC, autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; GGT, gamma glutamyl transferase; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; INR, international normalized ratio; IQR, interquartile range; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis.

*

P value < .05 between the groups.