Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the 582 patients diagnosed with cirrhosis. Occupational skill level

I

115 (20)

II

348 (60)

III

64 (11)

IV

55 (9)

< 0.0001

Male

63 (55)

230 (66)

31 (48)

44 (80)

0.001

Female

52 (45)

118 (34)

33 (52)

11 (20)

0.001

Median age

63

67

66

65

0.074

(10–90 percentile)

(46–84)

(53–80)

(52–82)

(49–77)

 Alcohol

44 (38)

187 (54)

36 (56)

28 (51)

< 0.0001

 Cryptogenic

14 (12)

53 (15)

11 (17)

5 (9)

< 0.0001

 Hepatitis C

34 (30)

36 (10)

3 (5)

7 (13)

< 0.0001

 PBC

3 (3)

24 (7)

1 (2)

3 (6)

< 0.0001

 NAFLD

5 (4)

19 (6)

3 (5)

2 (4)

< 0.0001

 AIH

5 (4)

14 (4)

7 (11)

4 (7)

< 0.0001

 Other causes

10 (9)

15 (4)

3 (5)

6 (11)

< 0.0001

 Arterial hypertension

18 (16)

126 (36)

24 (38)

20 (36)

< 0.0001

 CAD

15 (13)

75 (22)

11 (17)

4 (7)

0.027

 Diabetes mellitus

27 (24)

106 (31)

19 (30)

15 (27)

0.543

 Obesity^a

20 (17)

87 (25)

19 (30)

8 (15)

0.127

 MELD (median)

13

11

11

10

0.223

 < 10

35 (30)

134 (39)

22 (34)

21 (38)

0.178

 10–14

26 (23)

80 (23)

16 (25)

17 (31)

0.178

 ≥ 15

50 (43)

121 (35)

23 (36)

11 (20)

0.178

 A

25 (22)

136 (39)

24 (38)

25 (45)

0.010

 B

54 (47)

127 (36)

26 (41)

17 (31)

0.010

 C

32 (28)

71 (20)

11 (17)

7 (13)

0.010

 Ascites

65 (57)

159 (46)

32 (50)

19 (35)

0.045

 Variceal bleeding

9 (8)

19 (6)

4 (6)

0 (0)

0.215

 Encephalopathy

14 (12)

27 (8)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0.022

 HCC

19 (17)

46 (13)

7 (11)

2 (4)

0.119