From: Racial disparities of Black Americans hospitalized for decompensated liver cirrhosis
Characteristics | Whites (N = 241) | Hispanics (N = 106) | Blacks (N = 50) | API (N = 27) | Other (N = 39) | P value |
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Platelet ± SD | 120.0 ± 75.1 | 104.1 ± 70.0 | 108.6 ± 60.9 | 114.1 ± 95.2 | 98.0 ± 51.4 | 0.19 |
Albumin ± SD | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 0.04 |
Sodium ± SD | 135.7 ± 5.4 | 135.9 ± 4.7 | 136.0 ± 5.2 | 137.7 ± 4.8 | 135.7 ± 5.0 | 0.39 |
Creatinine ± SD | 1.6 ± 1.3 | 1.4 ± 1.9 | 2.5 ± 2.4 | 1.4 ± 1.0 | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 0.03 |
Total bilirubin ± SD | 5.8 ± 9.3 | 5.4 ± 7.7 | 5.5 ± 7.7 | 4.2 ± 8.1 | 4.7 ± 7.8 | 0.63 |
INR ± SD | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 0.60 |
MELD-Na ± SD | 26.4 ± 9.5 | 29.1 ± 8.5 | 28.7 ± 9.3 | 24.2 ± 10.0 | 26.6 ± 9.3 | 0.02 |