TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics in training and validation sets
| Characteristic at listing |
Training set (n = 91) |
Validation set (n = 25) |
|---|---|---|
| Age–year–median (IQR) | 42 (36–50) | 44 (37–48) |
| Male, n (%) | 66 (73) | 17 (68) |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | ||
| Caucasian | 76 (84) | 21 (84) |
| African American | 4 (4) | 2 (8) |
| Hispanic | 7 (8) | 0 (0) |
| Asian | 1 (1) | 2 (8) |
| Other | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| Employed, n (%) | 50 (55) | 13 (52) |
| Medical insurance, n (%) | ||
| Private | 60 (66) | 20 (80) |
| Medicare | 11 (12) | 1 (4) |
| Medicaid | 20 (22) | 4 (16) |
| Married/Stable companion, n (%) | 60 (66) | 14 (56) |
| History of co‐morbid psychiatric disease, n (%) | 35 (38) | 10 (40) |
| Substance abuse history, n (%) | ||
| Active smoker | 20 (22) | 4 (17) |
| Marijuana | 9 (10) | 5 (21) |
| Non‐Marijuana illicit substance | 11 (12) | 1 (4) |
| History of failed rehabilitation a attempt, n (%) | ||
| No prior attempt | 59 (65) | 24 (96) |
| 1 Prior attempt | 21 (23) | 1 (4) |
| ≥2 Prior attempts | 11 (12) | 0 (0) |
| Family history of alcohol use disorder b , n (%) | ||
| First degree relative | 4 (4) | 6 (25) |
| Second degree relative only | 24 (27) | 4 (17) |
| History of alcohol‐related legal issues, n (%) | ||
| 1 Prior episode | 17 (19) | 2 (8) |
| ≥2 Prior episodes | 9 (10) | 1 (4) |
| Alcohol consumption immediately prior to hospitalization–units/day–median (IQR) | 10 (6–15) | 9 (5–16) |
| Years of heavy drinking–median (IQR) | 13 (8–20) | 23 (10–30) |
| Sodium–mg/dl–median (IQR) | 135 (133–139) | 136 (132–139) |
| INR–median (IQR) | 2.2 (1.8–2.5) | 2.2 (1.8–3.0) |
| Total Bilirubin–mg/dl–median (IQR) | 25.7 (19.8–36.0) | 23.7 (16.8–29.5) |
| Creatinine–mg/dl–median (IQR) | 2.6 (1.7–3.9) | 2.6 (1.4–4.5) |
| Renal replacement therapy, n (%) | 42 (46) | 14 (56) |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 14 (16) | 6 (24) |
| Encephalopathy west‐haven grade, n (%) | ||
| None | 30 (34) | 3 (12) |
| Grade 1 | 20 (22) | 2 (8) |
| Grade 2 | 19 (21) | 9 (36) |
| Grade 3 | 5 (6) | 5 (20) |
| Grade 4 | 15 (17) | 6 (24) |
| MELD‐Na score–median (IQR) | 38 (35–40) | 40 (38–41) |
| Time between last drink and LT–days–median (IQR) | 53 (36–101) | 59 (42–85) |
| Follow‐up Time–years–median (IQR) | 4.1 (2.7–5.8) | 5.3 (4.6–6.6) |
a
Rehabilitation program defined as formal intensive outpatient or inpatient treatment program dedicated to alcohol addiction.
b
Family history among biologic relatives only.