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Table 3 Crude in-hospital mortality by study variables (N = 11,121)

From: Comparison of risk adjustment methods in patients with liver disease using electronic medical record data

Variables

Mortality

% (n)

P-value1

Age (year)

18–44

4.9 (125)

<0.0001

45–64

8.0 (543)

≥65

14.3 (252)

Sex

male

9.1 (704)

<0.0001

female

6.5 (216)

Admission status

non-urgent

6.3 (627)

<0.0001

urgent

24.0 (293)

Hepatic encephalopathy

no

4.0 (360)

<0.0001

yes

27.1 (560)

Ascites

no

1.8 (85)

<0.0001

yes

12.9 (835)

PT-INR

<1.7

6.2 (628)

<0.0001

1.7–2.3

23.2 (168)

>2.3

37.9 (124)

Total bilirubin (umol/L)

<34.2

4.1 (271)

<0.0001

34.2–51.3

7.1 (94)

>51.3

17.2 (555)

Albumin (g/dl)

>35

3.2 (170)

<0.0001

28–35

10.0 (367)

<28

18.3 (383)

Creatinine (umol/L)

≤88.4

5.0 (445)

<0.0001

>88.4

21.7 (475)

Na

≥135

4.4 (364)

<0.0001

<135

20.1 (556)

MELD score

<7.0

1.9 (54)

<0.0001

7.0–8.0

3.6 (100)

8.0–10.0

7.0 (195)

>10.0

20.5 (571)

MELDNa score

<8.0

0.7 (19)

<0.0001

8.0–10.0

2.7 (74)

10.0–14.0

6.6 (184)

>14.0

23.1 (643)

5vMELD score

<9.0

0.5 (15)

<0.0001

9.0–13.0

2.3 (65)

13.0–18.0

8.0 (223)

>18.0

22.2 (617)

CTP classification

A (CTP score 5–6)

0.9 (34)

<0.0001

B (CTP score 7–9)

3.2 (32)

C (CTP score 10–15)

11.3 (9)

Number of abnormal CTP variables

0

0.5 (13)

<0.0001

1

2.3 (52)

2

6.2 (147)

≥3

19.3 (708)

Myocardial infarction

no

8.2 (902)

<0.0001

yes

29.0 (18)

Cerebrovascular disease

no

7.9 (846)

<0.0001

yes

20.0 (74)

Renal disease

no

5.9 (586)

<0.0001

yes

27.2 (334)

Any malignancya

no

8.0 (841)

<0.0001

yes

12.2 (79)

Congestive heart failure

no

8.3 (10)

<0.0001

yes

40.0 (10)

Chronic pulmonary disease

no

8.1 (888)

<0.0001

yes

16.8 (32)

Rheumatologic disease

no

8.3 (913)

0.39

yes

11.3 (7)

Peptic ulcer disease

no

8.1 (801)

0.06

yes

9.6 (119)

Diabetes complicated

no

8.3 (907)

0.47

yes

10.0 (13)

Diabetes uncomplicated

no

5.2 (374)

<0.0001

yes

13.8 (546)

Hemiplegia or paraplegia

no

8.3 (919)

0.66

yes

12.5 (1)

Metastatic solid tumor

no

7.8 (844)

<0.0001

yes

27.6 (76)

Cardiac arrhythmias

no

7.9 (840)

<0.0001

yes

17.9 (80)

Valvular disease

no

8.3 (916)

0.31

yes

13.3 (4)

Hypertension uncomplicated

no

7.8 (708)

<0.0001

yes

10.6 (212)

Hypertension complicated

no

7.9 (784)

<0.0001

yes

11.8 (136)

Hypothyroidism

no

8.3 (911)

0.67

yes

9.5 (9)

Lymphoma

no

8.3 (918)

0.78

yes

10.0 (2)

Solid tumor without metastasisa

no

8.1 (886)

0.31

yes

19.2 (34)

Coagulopathy

no

8.3 (918)

0.01

yes

40.0 (2)

Blood loss anemia

no

7.6 (818)

<0.0001

yes

30.5 (102)

Deficiency anemia

no

7.4 (755)

<0.0001

yes

17.2 (165)

Depression

no

8.2 (913)

<0.0001

yes

17.1 (7)

Fluid and electrolyte disorders

no

5.5 (519)

<0.0001

yes

23.5 (401)

Psychoses

no

8.3 (918)

0.72

yes

10.5 (2)

Renal failure

no

7.4 (803)

<0.0001

yes

49.6 (117)

AIDS

no

8.3 (920)

0.06

yes

0.0 (0)

Peripheral vascular disease

no

8.3 (920)

0.43

yes

0.0 (0)

Alcohol abuse

no

7.49 (625)

<0.0001

yes

10.62 (295)

Number of Charlson comorbidities

0

2.6 (92)

<0.0001

1

6.0 (272)

2

14.2 (315)

≥3

31.5 (241)

Charlson comorbidity score categorized

0

2.6 (92)

<0.0001

1–2

6.2 (310)

3–4

16.75 (325)

≥5

30.4 (193)

Number of Elixhauser comorbidities

0

2.1 (54)

<0.0001

1

3.9 (126)

2

7.4 (175)

≥3

19.3 (565)

  1. IQR interquartile range, Na serum sodium, PT-INR International normalized ratio of prothrombin time, CTP Child-Turcotte-Pugh, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, MELDNa MELD sodium, 5vMELD five variable MELD, AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  2. 1 P-value of Chi-square exact test is for each contingency table (mortality by each predictor)
  3. aExcluded primary liver cancer