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Table 1 Socio-demographics and clinical characteristics of the three unmatched cohorts: NASH, general population, T2DM

From: The burden of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the United States

 

Unmatched Cohorts

NASH

N = 136

General Population

N = 96,108

T2DM

N = 8,175

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Demographics

 Gender

Female

84 (61.8%)

55,361 (57.6%)

3,821 (46.7%)

Male

52 (38.2%)

40,747 (42.4%)

4,354 (53.3%)

 Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White

106 (78.0%)

61,367 (63.8%)

5,948 (72.8%)

Non-Hispanic Black

1 (0.7%)

9,139 (9.5%)

764 (9.3%)

Hispanic

13 (9.6%)

9,999 (10.4%)

595 (7.3%)

Other

16 (11.8%)

15,603 (16.2%)

868 (10.6%)

 Age, Mean (SD), years

49.9 (13.4)

46.3 (17.2)

60.1 (12.5)

 Education

Less than university degree

74 (54.4%)

51,870 (54.0%)

4,910 (60.1%)

University degree or higher

62 (45.6%)

44,072 (45.9%)

3,262 (39.9%)

Decline to answer

0 (0.0%)

166 (0.2%)

3 (0.0%)

 Income

Below region median income

60 (44.1%)

39,854 (41.5%)

3,938 (48.2%)

At or above region median income

73 (53.7%)

50,353 (52.4%)

3,855 (47.2%)

Decline to answer

3 (2.2%)

5,901 (6.1%)

382 (4.7%)

 Health insurance status

Insured

120 (88.2%)

86,933 (90.4%)

7,771 (95.1%)

Not insured

16 (11.8%)

9,175 (9.5%)

404 (4.9%)

 Health insurance type

Employer-sponsored

58 (42.6%)

46,146 (48.0%)

2,592 (31.7%)

Other

62 (45.6%)

38,448 (40.0%)

5,126 (62.7%)

Not sure/decline to answer

16 (11.8%)

11,514 (12.0%)

457 (5.6%)

 Currently employed

71 (52.2%)

55,585 (57.8%)

3,030 (37.1%)

Patient Characteristics

 BMI

Obese

91 (66.9%)

28,523 (29.7%)

4,937 (60.4%)

Overweight

22 (16.2%)

29,155 (30.3%)

2,215 (27.1%)

Normal weight

16 (11.8%)

32,331 (33.6%)

783 (9.6%)

Underweight

2 (1.5%)

2,546 (2.6%)

39 (0.5%)

Unknown

5 (3.7%)

3,553 (3.7%)

201 (2.5%)

 Smoking behavior

Current smoker

20 (14.7%)

13,615 (14.2%)

1,185 (14.5%)

Former smoker

38 (27.9%)

23,636 (24.6%)

2,961 (36.2%)

Never smoker

78 (57.3%)

58,857 (61.2%)

4,029 (49.3%)

 Current alcohol use

None

59 (43.4%)

32,766 (34.1%)

3,681 (45.0%)

Yes, less than daily

70 (51.5%)

58,411 (60.8%)

4,184 (51.2%)

Yes, daily

7 (5.1%)

4,931 (5.1%)

310 (3.8%)

 Current exercise behavior

No exercise: 0 days in past month

57 (41.9%)

33,019 (34.4%)

4,211 (51.5%)

Low exercise: 1–5 days in past month

34 (25.0%)

19,951 (20.8%)

1,249 (15.3%)

Moderate exercise: 6–11 days in past month

18 (13.2%)

12,896 (13.4%)

812 (9.9%)

High exercise: 12 + days in past month

27 (19.8%)

30,242 (31.5%)

1,903 (23.3%)

Comorbidities

 CCIa

CCI: 0

48 (35.3%)

74,352 (77.4%)

0 (0.00%)

CCI: 1

40 (29.4%)

12,824 (13.3%)

5,044 (61.7%)

CCI: 2

18 (13.2%)

5,271 (5.5%)

1,511 (18.5%)

CCI: 3 + 

30 (22.1%)

3,661 (3.8%)

1,620 (19.8%)

 Adjusted CCIa

CCI: 0

73 (53.7%)

80,899 (84.2%)

5,356 (65.5%)

CCI: 1

27 (19.9%)

8,519 (8.9%)

1,451 (17.7%)

CCI: 2

15 (11.0%)

4,386 (4.6%)

814 (10.0%)

CCI: 3 + 

21 (15.4%)

2,304 (2.3%)

554 (6.8%)

Physician diagnosis of:

 Hypertension

68 (50.0%)

23,902 (24.9%)

5,560 (68.0%)

 One or more heart or blood conditionsb

92 (67.6%)

33,531 (34.9%)

6,656 (81.4%)

 Physician diagnosis of T2DM

45 (33.1%)

8,175 (8.5%)

8,175 (100.0%)

 One or more T2DM-related complicationc

20 (14.7%)

2,392 (2.5%)

2,392 (29.3%)

Treatment for T2DM:

 All prescription treatments

35 (25.7%)

6,889 (7.2%)

6,889 (84.3%)

 Insulin prescription

14 (10.3%)

2,034 (2.1%)

2,034 (24.9%)

 Non-insulin prescription

31 (22.8%)

6,218 (6.5%)

6,218 (76.1%)

  1. Abbreviations: NASH nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index
  2. aCCI—higher scores indicate greater comorbid burden on patient
  3. bIncluded physician diagnosis of one or more of the following: atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease), congestive heart failure, heart attack, stroke, mini-stroke/transient ischemia attack, hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, peripheral arterial disease, peripheral vascular disease, angina
  4. cIncluded physician diagnosis of one or more of the following: macular edema or diabetic retinopathy, kidney disease, foot or leg ulcer, neuropathic pain, end organ damage due to diabetes