TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients Evaluated for LT by SIPAT^† Score

		SIPAT Score
Characteristic	Total (n = 1357)	<21 (n = 930)	≥21 (n = 427)	P Value
Sex				0.94
Female	481 (35)	329 (35)	152 (36)
Male	876 (65)	601 (65)	275 (64)
Age at evaluation	59 (52–64)	60 (52–65)	57 (51–62)	<0.001*
Race/ethnicity				<0.001*
White/Caucasian	992 (73)	684 (74)	308 (72)
Black/African American	217 (16)	128 (14)	89 (21)
Hispanic/Latinx	80 (6)	56 (6)	24 (6)
Asian	50 (4)	45 (5)	5 (1)
Other	18 (1)	17 (2)	1 (0)
Etiology of liver disease				<0.001*
ALD	374 (28)	177 (19)	197 (46)
HCV	445 (33)	274 (29)	171 (40)
HBV	32 (2)	28 (3)	4 (1)
NASH/cryptogenic	243 (18)	217 (23)	26 (6.1)
PSC	61 (5)	58 (6)	3 (1)
Autoimmune	38 (3)	30 (3)	8 (2)
PBC	38 (3)	34 (4)	4 (1)
Other	126 (9)	112 (12)	14 (3)
MELD-Na at evaluation‡				0.001*
<25	1103 (81)	778 (84)	325 (76)
25–34	210 (16)	130 (14)	90 (19)
>35	42 (3)	21 (2)	21 (5)
Education§				<0.001*
<High school	140 (10)	72 (7.8)	68 (16)
High school/GED	503 (37)	320 (35)	183 (43)
Some college/technical school	279 (21)	202 (22)	77 (18)
Associate’s/bachelor’s degree	296 (22)	227 (24)	69 (16)
Graduate degree	128 (10)	100 (11)	28 (7)
Primary insurance¶				<0.001*
Private insurance	749 (55)	549 (59)	200 (47)
Medicare	481 (35)	338 (36)	143 (33)
Medicaid	126 (9)	42 (5)	84 (20)
CHS||
Health outcomes	13 (5–34)	13 (5–27)	18 (5–34)	0.01*
Health factors	12 (3–26)	12 (3.5–26)	12 (3–33)	0.14

NOTE: Data are provided as n (%) or median (interquartile range).

^*P < 0.05.

^†Higher scores indicate higher psychosocial risk. A score <21 is a “good or excellent candidate” and a score ≥21 is a “minimally acceptable candidate.”

^‡A total of 2 missing values.

^§A total of 11 missing values.

^¶A total of 1 missing value.

^||A total of 2 missing values.