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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

From: The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors defined by the AHA/ACCF on the evaluation of cardiac disease in liver transplantation candidates

 

All Patients N = 220

Angiography Cohort N = 42

Age at transplant, years

55 ± 11

60 ± 8

Age > 60

71 (32.3%)

21 (50.0%)

Female sex

85 (38.6%)

17 (40.5%)

Race

 Black

54 (24.5%)

13 (31%)

 White

117 (53.2%)

21 (50.0%)

 Hispanic

15 (6.8%)

3 (7.1%)

BMI, kg/m2

28 ± 8

31 ± 7

Etiology of liver disease

 Hepatitis C

101 (40.6%)

16 (38.1%)

 Alcoholic

51 (20.5%)

5 (11.9%)

 Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

22 (8.8%)

10 (23.8%)

 Autoimmune

22 (8.8%)

2 (4.8%)

Hyperlipidemia

29 (13.2%)

11 (26.2%)

Hypertension

87 (39.5%)

20 (47.6%)

Diabetes Mellitus

74 (33.6%)

19 (45.2%)

Tobacco Use

27 (12.3%)

7 (16.7%)

Congestive Heart Failure

8 (3.6%)

5 (11.9%)

Ejection Fraction

62 ± 8%

64 ± 11

Left ventricular hypertrophy

14 (6.4%)

3 (7.1%)

Cerebrovascular disease (CVA/TIA)

13 (5.9%)

6 (14.3%)

Peripheral Arterial Disease

14 (6.4%)

6 (14.3%)

Known CAD

29 (13.2%)

15 (35.7%)

History of MI

13 (5.9%)

8 (19.0%)

History of PCI

17 (7.7%)

11 (26.2%)

History of CABG

7 (3.2%)

4 (9.5%)

MELD Score, mean ± SD

21 ± 11

21 ± 12

AHA/ACCF risk factors, mean ± SD

2.3 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 1.8

AHA/ACCF risk factors, n

 0–1

77 (35%)

10 (23.8%)

 2

54 (24.5%)

11 (26.2%)

 3

38 (17.3%)

5 (11.9%)

 4

28 (12.7%)

6 (14.3%)

 5 or more

23 (10.5%)

10 (23.8%)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. AHA/ACCF American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation, BMI body mass index, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, CAD coronary artery disease, CVA cerebrovascular accident, MELD model End-Stage Liver Disease, MI myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, TIA transient ischemic attack