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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Sep 6;118(2):294–303. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002011

Table 1 –

Primary Healthcare Utilization and HCC Surveillance Subgroup Cohort Characteristics

Factor Healthcare Utilization Cohort (Cohort 1)
N=68,673
HCC Surveillance Cohort (Cohort 2)
N=28,678
Age, median (IQR) 63 (57.6, 68.2) 61.6 (56.7, 66)
Sex
 Female 2426 (3.5%) 978 (3.4%)
 Male 66247 (96.5%) 27700 (96.6%)
Race/Ethnicity
 White 42604 (62.0%) 17378 (60.6%)
 Black 14442 (21.0%) 6487 (22.6%)
 Hispanic 5311 (7.7%) 2371 (8.3%)
 Asian 1010 (1.5%) 396 (1.4%)
 Other 5306 (7.7%) 2046 (7.1%)
BMI, median (IQR) 29.0 (25.4, 33.3) 29.1 (25.6, 33.3)
Etiology
 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 16424 (24.0%) 8481 (29.6%)
 Hepatitis B virus 808 (1.2%) 391 (1.4%)
 Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) 19106 (27.9%) 7130 (24.9%)
 HCV+ALD 11946 (17.4%) 5355 (18.7%)
 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 17730 (25.9%) 6278 (21.9%)
 Other 2552 (3.7%) 1021 (3.6%)
CTP Class
 A 59535 (86.7%) 25926 (90.4%)
 B 8444 (12.3%) 2752 (9.6%)
 C 694 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%)
MELD-Na, median (IQR) 8 (6, 12) 7 (6, 11)
Cirrhosis Decompensation 19926 (29.0%) 9670 (33.7%)
Diabetes Mellitus 37797 (55.0%) 16132 (56.3%)
Atrial Fibrillation 10165 (14.8%) 3964 (13.8%)
Coronary Artery Disease 19690 (28.7%) 8453 (29.5%)
Heart Failure 11914 (17.3%) 4771 (16.6%)
Academic Center 42257 (61.5%) 17838 (62.2%)
U.S. Region
 Northeast 8958 (13.0%) 3835 (13.4%)
 Southeast 17220 (25.1%) 7134 (24.9%)
 Midsouth 15892 (23.1%) 6558 (22.9%)
 Central 10504 (15.3%) 4392 (15.3%)
 West 15547 (22.6%) 6503 (22.7%)
 Other 552 (0.8%) 256 (0.9%)
Center Advanced Liver Disease Dashboard Usage
 Not Using 2009 (7.0%)
 Intermittent Use 5897 (20.6%)
 Routine Use 20772 (72.4%)