Table 3 Baseline Co-morbidities and Liver Decompensations of Cirrhosis Patients Admitted to UC Davis Health System, January 2013 to January 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes N (%) | 80 (33.3) | 40 (37.7) | 22 (44.0) | 19 (70.4) | 17 (44.7) | 0.004 |
Coronary artery disease (%) | 65 (27.0) | 25 (23.6) | 27 (54.0) | 6 (22.2) | 5 (13.5) | 0.0004 |
COPD (%) | 50 (20.9) | 14 (13.2) | 13 (26.0) | 4 (15.4) | 4 (10.5) | 0.17 |
Smoking (%) | 165 (69.0) | 67 (64.4) | 37 (74.0) | 15 (55.6) | 29 (76.3) | 0.34 |
Hepatic encephalopathy (%) | 151 (62.9) | 70 (66.0) | 33 (66.0) | 17 (63.0) | 31 (79.5) | 0.38 |
Gastro-esophageal varices (%) | 96 (42.3) | 61 (61.6) | 20 (41.7) | 14 (53.9) | 19 (50.0) | 0.02 |
Ascites (%) | 163 (67.9) | 65 (61.3) | 30 (61.2) | 17 (63.0) | 25 (64.1) | 0.74 |
Liver cancer (%) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (2.6) | 0.09 |
Etiology of Liver Disease | < 0.0001 | |||||
HCV (%) | 60 (25.0) | 26 (24.5) | 19 (38.0) | 6 (22.2) | 9 (23.1) | |
Alcohol (%) | 82 (34.2) | 46 (43.4) | 15 (30.0) | 3 (11.1) | 15 (38.5) | |
HCV + Alcohol (%) | 36 (15.0) | 15 (14.2) | 5 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (18.0) | |
NASH (%) | 24 (10.0) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (18.5) | 4 (10.3) | |
HBV (%) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 7 (25.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Autoimmune, PBC, PSC (%) | 7 (2.9) | 4 (3.8) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Unknown, other (%) | 28 (11.7) | 13 (12.3) | 9 (18.0) | 6 (22.2) | 4 (10.3) |