Trends of characteristics and outcomes of donors and recipients of deceased donor liver transplantation in the United States: 1990 to 2013

Table 5 Medical comorbidities n (%)

Recipient characteristics	Total	5 yr periods				P-value1
		Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4
		1990-1994	1995-1999	2000-2004	2005-2009
Diabetes						< 0.001
Unknown	11392 (16.2)	9331 (86.2)	848 (5.3)	714 (3.6)	499 (2.1)
No DM	47401 (67.4)	1310 (12.1)	12792 (80.1)	15326 (77.8)	17973 (75.3)
Type 1 DM	702 (1.0)			63 (0.3)	639 (2.7)
Type 2 DM	10882 (15.5)	188 (1.7)	2330 (14.6)	3600 (18.3)	4764 (20.0)
COPD						0.4
Unknown	26589 (37.8)	9359 (86.4)	1387 (8.7)	1159 (5.9)	14684 (61.5)
No	43172 (61.3)	1449 (13.4)	14412 (90.2)	18280 (92.8)	9031 (37.8)
Yes	616 (0.9)	21 (0.2)	171 (1.1)	264 (1.3)	160 (0.7)
Hypertension						< 0.001
Unknown	26387 (37.5)	9412 (86.9)	1115 (7.0)	1159 (5.9)	14701 (61.6)
No	37629 (53.5)	1288 (11.9)	13356 (83.6)	15664 (79.5)	7321 (30.7)
Yes	6361 (9.0)	129 (1.2)	1499 (9.4)	2880 (14.6)	1853 (7.8)
Angina						0.5
Unknown	28259 (40.2)	9365 (86.5)	1019 (6.4)	2103 (10.7)	15772 (66.1)
No angina	40926 (58.2)	1416 (13.1)	14567 (91.2)	17081 (86.7)	7862 (32.9)
Angina	1192 (1.7)	48 (0.4)	384 (2.4)	519 (2.6)	241 (1.0)
Dialysis						< 0.001
Unknown	9682 (13.8)	8532 (78.8)	629 (3.9)	471 (2.4)	50 (0.2)
No	57690 (82.0)	2234 (20.6)	14789 (92.6)	18282 (92.8)	22385 (93.8)
Yes	3005 (4.3)	63 (0.6)	552 (3.5)	950 (4.8)	1440 (6.0)

¹Contrast between period 1 and 4. DM: Diabetes mellitus; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Unknown: Data not available.