Women on the liver transplantation waitlist are at increased risk of hospitalization compared to men

Table 3 Binomial regression for number of hospitalized days within 12 mo

Characteristics	Univariable			Multivariable
	IRR	95%CI	P value	aIRR	95%CI	P value
Female gender	1.68	1.08-2.60	0.02	1.92	1.23-2.99	0.004
Non-Hispanic Caucasian	0.86	0.55-1.35	0.52
Age per year	1.00	0.98-1.03	0.80
Hypertension	1.31	0.84-2.04	0.24
Diabetes mellitus	1.05	0.65-1.69	0.85
Coronary artery disease	0.52	0.18-1.55	0.28
Stroke	0.20	0.03 0 1.16	0.13
Dialysis	1.63	0.55-4.87	0.34
BMI per 1 kg/m2	1.01	0.98-1.05	0.42
Autoimmune1	0.59	0.32-1.09	0.11
MELDNa per 1 point	1.09	1.04-1.14	< 0.001	1.08	1.03-1.13	0.001
Albumin per 1 mg/dL	0.58	0.39-0.84	0.005	0.47	0.31-0.70	< 0.001
Ascites	1.72	1.09-2.70	0.02
NCT per 1 s	1.00	1.00-1.01	0.13
Moderate/severe HE	1.28	0.82-1.98	0.28
Frail	2.12	1.17-3.81	0.007

¹Combined autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and primary biliary cholangitis. IRR: Incidence rate ratio; CI: Confidence interval; aIRR: Adjusted incidence rate ratio; BMI: Body mass index; MELDNa: Model for end-stage liver disease with serum sodium; NCT: Numbers connection test; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy.