Impact of age on autoimmune hepatitis: A comparative study of patients diagnosed before and after sixty

Table 1 Sociodemographic characterization and comorbidities of patients with autoimmune hepatitis according to age of diagnosis, n (%)

	Younger than 60 years (n = 57)	Older than 60 years (n = 40)	P value
Age (years) [median (interquartile range)]	45 (18-59)	66 (60-83)	< 0.001
Gender			0.058
Female	52 (91)	31 (77)
Male	6 (9)	9 (23)
Comorbidities
Hypertension	8 (14)	14 (35)	0.015
Cardiovascular disease	0 (0)	5 (13)	0.006
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	4 (7)	9 (23)	0.028
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1 (2)	0 (0)	-
Malignancy	1 (2)	0 (0)	-
Hypothyroidism	16 (28)	11 (27)	0.951
Dyslipidemia	7 (12)	6 (15)	0.699