Table 1 Baseline characteristics

n

83

57

26

Female (%)

70 (84)

47

23

0.746

Ethnicity (Hispanic:Asian:White) (%)

70:8:5 (84:10:6)

46:7:1

24:1:1

Median age at presentation (yr) (IQR)

48 (41–57)

48 (40–59)

46 (41–55)

0.776

Funding^a (%)

48 (58)

29 (51)

19 (73)

0.057

Medicare

4

3

1

Medicaid

22

15

7

County Funding

22

9

13

MUA/HPSA^b (%)

42 (51)

31

11

0.307

Poverty Rate of Zip Code (IQR)

22.1 (15.6-26.2)

24.5 (15.6-29)

19.4 (12.9- 23.8)

0.267

Median Income of Zip Code (IQR)

43364 (38903–55784)

43364 (35836–53738)

45556 (42712–57586)

0.160

Median follow-up (mo) (IQR)

21 (7.5-65.7)

15 (6.5-61)

44 (11–89)

0.209

Lost to follow-up (%)

26 (31)

23 (40)

3 (12)

0.010

Presented with Decompensation (%)

6 (7)

6 (11)

0 (0)

0.170

Acute Disease (Symptoms < 2 week) (%)

37 (45)

26 (46)

11 (42)

0.779

Cirrhosis at presentation (%)

32 (39)

26 (46)

6 (23)

0.05

Any decompensation (%)

26 (31)

21 (37)

5 (19)

0.109

ANA >1:40 (%)

59 (71)

37 (65)

22 (85)

0.075

SMA (%)

58 (70)

38 (67)

20 (77)

0.557

LKM (60 checked) (%)

4 (5)

3 (5)

1 (4)

0.762

ANA or SMA (%)

75 (90)

50 (88)

25 (96)

0.425

Other autoimmune disease (e.g. lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) (%)

23 (28)

12 (21)

11 (42)

0.048

AST (IQR)

429 (157–1248)

487 (136–1329)

418 (168–1074)

0.871

ALT (IQR)

657 (152–1450)

700 (179–1564)

427 (143–942)

0.525

Bilirubin (IQR)

5.2 (1.5-21.2)

11.9 (2.1-22.9)

2.1 (0.7-10.3)

0.040

Albumin (IQR)

2.5 (1.8-3.2)

2.4 (1.8-2.8)

3.1 (2.1-3.5)

0.019

INR (IQR)

1.3 (1.1-1.8)

1.4 (1.1-2.0)

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

0.007

Platelets (IQR)

160 (90–120)

146 (84–202)

174 (114–219)

0.009

IgG (IQR)

1830 (1500–2350)

1820 (1475–2530)

1850 (1500–2170)

0.871

MELD Score (in patients with cirrhosis) (IQR)

17.1 (11.5-24.0)

17.9 (13.0-24.5)

13.9 (9.2-19.4)

0.244

Flu-like symptoms (%)

22 (27)

15 (26)

7 (27)

0.954

Abdominal pain (%)

36 (43)

24 (42)

12 (46)

0.730

Jaundice (%)

54 (65)

41 (72)

13 (50)

0.052

Pruritis (%)

6 (7)

4 (7)

1 (4)

0.660

GI bleed (%)

6 (7)

6 (11)

0 (0)

0.170

Ascites (%)

23 (28)

20 (35)

3 (11)

0.034

Encephalopathy (%)

10 (12)

8 (14)

2 (8)

0.494