S1507 Epidemiologic Trends in Patient and Hospital Characteristics of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Longitudinal Study

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 118; no. 10S; pp. S1142 - S1143
• Main Authors: Farooq, Umer, Tarar, Zahid, Niu, Chengu, El Alayli, Abdallah, Abbasi, Abu Fahad, Hayat, Umar, Chaudhary, Ammad, Qureshi, Kamran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Comorbidity; Hispanic people; Hospitalization; Longitudinal studies; Medicaid; Patients; Population; Trends; United States > US
• ISSN: 0002-9270; 1572-0241
• DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000955668.78795.49

The mean age slightly increased from 61.2 to 62.7 years over the study period (P< 0.01). The longitudinal trend of NASH diagnosis was noted to be increasing in patients with Medicaid. while a decline was noted in those with private insurance. Patient and Hospital Characteristic of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients Variables Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 P-value No. of hospitalization 85,424 96,400 110,840 124,700 121,910 < 0.01 Male 37.93 37.79 37.83 38.43 38.75 0.06 Female 62.07 62.21 62.17 61.57 61.25 0.12 Age, mean, y 61.22 61.59 62.04 62.47 62.26 < 0.01 Race, %  White 78.48 77.01 76.44 76.53 75.50 0.32  Black 4.41 4.45 4.45 4.24 4.82 0.04  Hispanic 12.04 13.35 13.69 14.01 14.24 < 0.01  Others 5.07 5.19 5.43 5.22 5.44 0.24 Insurance type, %  Medicare 57.01 57.62 58.69 59.33 57.86 0.09  Medicaid 12.17 12.63 12.11 12.15 13.44 < 0.01  Private 28.31 26.92 26.48 25.60 25.96 0.03  Uninsured 2.52 2.83 2.72 2.92 2.74 0.17 Household income quartile, %  1st 29.59 29.79 29.43 30.31 30.19 0.27  2nd 28.43 29.28 29.08 27.34 28.96 0.65  3rd 24.97 24.32 24.91 25.66 24.34 0.93  4th 17.01 16.62 16.58 16.70 16.51 0.72 Charlson comorbidity index score, %-  1 13.04 11.94 11.56 10.71 10.74 < 0.01  2 12.43 12.28 11.53 11.19 11.59 0.01  ≥ 3 74.53 75.78 76.91 78.10 77.67 < 0.01 Hospital size, %  Small 15.35 17.11 17.05 18.64 18.72 < 0.01  Medium 25.36 25.22 26.23 24.75 25.66 0.97  Large 59.29 57.67 56.72 56.61 55.62 0.12 Hospital teaching status, %  Rural nonteaching 7.99 7.65 7.38 7.52 8.13 0.91  Urban nonteaching 21.29 19.23 17.42 15.56 15.53 < 0.01  Urban teaching 70.72 73.13 75.21 76.92 76.34 < 0.01 Hospital region, %  Northeast 15.24 15.45 15.68 15.32 15.56 0.93  Midwest 27.01 27.14 26.75 26.22 26.33 0.60  South 39.70 39.75 40.13 40.98 39.90 0.76  West 18.05 17.67 17.43 17.48 18.21 0.86 Bed-size: Small= < 200-250 beds, Large= >325-425 beds, Medium= < 325-425 beds but > than small hospitals.