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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 559 patients with a history of decompensated cirrhosis

From: Clinical outcomes after treatment with direct antiviral agents: beyond the virological response in patients with previous HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis

 

Received DAA after study inclusion (n = 483)

Did not receive DAA after study inclusion (n = 76)

P-value

Follow-up time in months

   

 Median (Q1–Q3)

43.5 [26.6–52.4]

15.2 [6.2–39.2]

 < 0.0001

Age in years

   

 Median (Q1–Q3)

56.6 [51.2–63.8]

56.0 [51.2–63.1]

0.73

Male gender

336 (70%)

47 (62%)

0.18

BMI (kg/m2)

  

0.10

 < 18.5

12 (2%)

6 (8%)

 

 [18.5, 25]

229 (48%)

36 (47%)

 

 [> 25, 30]

164 (34%)

23 (30%)

 

  > 30

77 (16%)

11 (14%)

 

 Missing

1

0

 

Geographic origin

  

0.95

 Asia

7 (1%)

1 (1%)

 

 Eastern Europe

22 (5%)

3 (4%)

 

 France

296 (61%)

46 (61%)

 

 North Africa

81 (17%)

15 (20%)

 

 Other

60 (12%)

10 (13%)

 

 Sub-Saharan Africa

17 (4%)

1 (1%)

 

Infection route

   

 Injecting drug use

145 (30%)

32 (43%)

 

 Transfusion

136 (28%)

19 (26%)

 

 Other or unknown

202 (42%)

23 (31%)

 

 Missing

0

2

0.06

Time since HCV diagnosis in years

  

0.22

 Median (Q1–Q3)

14.2 [7.8–19.9]

15.1 [5.3–18.5]

 

 Missing

9

5

 

HCV treatment history

  

0.07

 Treatment-experienced

330 (68%)

44 (58%)

 

 Treatment-naive

153 (32%)

32 (42%)

 

HCV genotype

  

0.19

 1

283 (59%)

44 (62%)

 

 2

23 (5%)

5 (7%)

 

 3

102 (21%)

11 (15%)

 

 4

65 (14%)

8 (11%)

 

 5/6/7

5 (1%)

3 (4%)

 

 Missing

5

5

 

Child–Pugh score

  

0.003

 A

233 (57%)

20 (37%)

 

 B

150 (37%)

25 (46%)

 

 C

26 (6%)

9 (17%)

 

 Missing

74

22

 

MELD score

  

0.003

  < 13

335 (70%)

37 (51%)

 

[13; 20]

117 (25%)

31 (42%)

 

  > 20

25 (5%)

5 (7%)

 

 Missing

6

4

 

Diabetes

  

0.53

 No

372 (77%)

61 (80%)

 

 Yes

111 (23%)

15 (20%)

 

Arterial hypertension

  

0.55

 No

328 (68%)

49 (64%)

 

 Yes

155 (32%)

27 (36%)

 

Anaemia

  

0.11

 No

338 (70%)

45 (61%)

 

 Yes

144 (30%)

29 (39%)

 

Missing

1

2

 

Albumin (g/L)

  

0.20

 Median (Q1–Q3)

35.4 (30.8–39.8)

34 (29–38.6)

 

 Missing

10

  

Prothrombin time (%)

  

0.06

 Median (Q1–Q3)

74.5 (62–87)

70 (56–81)

 

 Missing

11

5

 

Platelet count (/µL)

  

0.58

 Median (Q1–Q3)

93,000 (64,000–136,000)

91,000 (61,000–148,000)

 

 Missing

10

1

 

Alanine aminotransferase (UI/L)

  

 < 0.0001

 Median (Q1–Q3)

60 (41–95)

43 (28–61)

 

 Missing

4

3

 

Aspartate aminotransferase (UI/L)

  

0.09

 Median (Q1–Q3)

78 (53–111)

63.5 (39–108)

 

 Missing

4

2

 

Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/mL)

  

0.40

 Median (Q1–Q3)

7 (3.9–13.3)

6 (3.8–11.1)

 

 Missing

49

9

 

Bilirubin (mg/L)

  

0.08

 Median (Q1–Q3)

21 (13.6–32)

25.5 (14–44)

 

 Missing

8

1

 

Past excessive alcohol use

  

0.23

 No

252 (52%)

34 (45%)

 

 Yes

231 (48%)

42 (55%)

 

Excessive alcohol use at study inclusion

  

0.001

 No

383 (98%)

52 (91%)

 

 Yes

6 (2%)

5 (9%)

 

 Missing

94

19

 

Smoking

  

0.01

 No

278 (58%)

32 (42%)

 

 Yes

205 (42%)

44 (58%)

 

Time since decompensation of cirrhosis in months

  

0.67

 Med [IQR]

27.1 [7.4–95.7]

21 [4.8–84.0]

 

 Missing

10

4

 

Type of decompensated cirrhosis

   

 Ascites

159 (36%)

24 (36%)

 

 Icterus

113 (25%)

20 (30%)

 

 Encephalopathy

36 (8%)

5 (8%)

 

 Haemorrhage

136 (31%)

17 (26%)

 
  1. Values in bold correspond to significant differences between the 2 groups (p < 0.05)
  2. The median follow-up time was 39.7 [IQR 22.7–51.0] months. DAA treatment began for 483 patients after a median time from study inclusion of 0.9 [0–6.2] months