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Table 3 Baseline characteristics according to if liver transplantation was performed by the end of study period

From: Incidentalomas are associated with an increase in liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis: a single-center retrospective study

 

Not Transplanted N = 188

Transplanted N = 532

p value

Age, year (mean, SD)

59.2 (14.5)

57.2 (11.0)

0.07901

Male Sex, %

102 (54.3%)

348 (65.4%)

0.0072

BMI, kg/m2, (mean, SD)

29.3 (6.9)

29.4 (6.0)

0.77771

Obesity, %

74 (39.4%)

211 (39.7%)

0.9422

White, %

166 (88.3%)

470 (88.3%)

0.9862

African American, %

10 (5.3%)

22 (44.1%)

0.5373

Asian, %

5 (2.7%)

12 (2.3%)

0.7813

Other Race, %

7 (3.7%)

28 (5.3%)

0.5543

Hispanic/Latino, %

8 (4.3%)

40 (7.5%)

0.1723

History of Moderate Alcohol Use, %

29 (15.4%)

113 (21.2%)

0.085

Ever smoked, %

90 (47.9%)

309 (58.1%)

0.0152

Current smoker, %

19 (10.1%)

0 (0.0%)

 < 0.0013

Sodium, mmol/L (mean, SD)

139.2 (3.0)

137.5 (4.3)

 < 0.0011

Total Bilirubin, mg/dL (mean, SD)

1.3 (2.4)

3.2 (4.5)

 < 0.0011

INR, (mean, SD)

1.2 (0.3)

1.4 (0.5)

 < 0.0011

Creatinine, mg/dL (mean, SD)

1.0 (0.4)

1.0 (0.6)

0.18341

MELD, (mean, SD)

10.4 (4.3)

15.8 (7.1)

 < 0.0011

MELD ≥ 18

11 (5.9%)

190 (35.7%)

 < 0.0013

MELD ≥ 26

1 (0.5%)

48 (9.0%)

 < 0.0013

Etiology of Cirrhosis

  

0.0562

NASH, %

52 (27.7%)

127 (23.9%)

0.3022

Hepatitis C, %

31 (16.5%)

128 (24.1%)

0.0312

Alcohol, %

29 (15.4%)

119 (22.4%)

0.0412

History of prior TIPS

6 (3.2%)

32 (6.0%)

0.1833

Incidentaloma Discovered

140 (74.5%)

434 (81.6%)

0.037

  1. P values significant at p < 0.05 are bolded in the accompanying tables
  2. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, INR international standardized ratio, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, TIPS transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
  3. 1Student T test, independent samples, two-sided, equal variance not assumed
  4. 2Pearson’s Chi Square Test
  5. 3Fisher’s Exact Test