Open AccessWomen on the liver transplantation waitlist are at increased risk of hospitalization compared to men
Author(s) -
Jessica B. Rubin,
Marie Sinclair,
Robert S. Rahimi,
Elliot B. Tapper,
Jennifer C. Lai
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v25.i8.980
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , liver transplantation , odds ratio , confidence interval , model for end stage liver disease , liver disease , transplantation , retrospective cohort study , cirrhosis
Hospital admissions are common among patients with cirrhosis, but patient factors associated with hospitalization have not been well characterized. Given recent data suggesting increased liver transplant waitlist dropout among women, we hypothesized that women on the liver transplant waitlist would have increased rates of hospitalization compared with men.