Clinical features of alcoholic hepatitis in latinos and caucasians: A single center experience

Table 1 Patient Characteristics n (%)

	Caucasian (n = 137)	Latino (n = 64)	All Patients (n = 201)	P value
Age of presentation with AH (yr)				0.082
mean ± SD	49.5 (10.4)	46.8 (10.1)	48.6 (10.4)
Sex				0.049
Male	77 (56.2)	46 (71.9)	123 (61.2)
Female	60 (43.8)	18 (28.1)	78 (38.8)
BMI				0.167
mean ± SD	28.1 (5.9)	29.4 (6.2)	28.5 (6)
DM				0.061
No	105 (76.6)	41 (64.1)	146 (72.6)
Yes	25 (18.2)	20 (31.2)	45 (22.4)
Unknown	7 (5.1)	3 (4.7)	10 (5)
Metabolic syndrome				0.405
No	37 (27)	13 (20.3)	50 (24.9)
Yes	53 (38.7)	28 (43.8)	81 (40.3)
Unknown	47 (34.3)	23 (35.9)	70 (34.8)
Duration of drinking (yr)				0.027
mean ± SD	20 (12.7)	24.3 (11)	21.6 (12.3)
Pattern of drinking				0.283
Heavy drinking	5 (3.6)	0	5 (2.5)
Binge drinking	130 (94.9)	64 (100.0)	194 (96.5)
Unknown	2 (1.5)	0	2 (1.0)
Number of drinks/d				0.093
mean ± SD	13.9 (10.9)	16.1 (7.2)	14.6 (9.9)
None	100 (73.0)	37 (57.8)	137 (68.2)
Cocaine	2 (1.5)	0	2 (1.0)
Heroin	1 (0.7)	0	1 (0.5)
Methamphetamine	1 (0.7)	8 (12.5)	9 (4.5)
Marijuana	9 (6.6)	3 (4.7)	12 (6.0)
Other	2 (1.5)	0	2 (1.0)
Polysubstance abuse	10 (7.3)	9 (14.1)	19 (9.5)
Remote history	6 (4.4)	6 (9.4)	12 (6.0)
Unknown	6 (4.4)	1 (1.6)	7 (3.5)

AH: Alcoholic hepatitis; BMI: Body mass index; DM: Diabetes mellitus.