Table 1.
Patient characteristics and complications before LT (A) and donor characteristics (B). BMI: body mass index, LT: liver transplantation, MELD: model for end-stage liver disease.
| (A) | ||||
| Patient Characteristics |
Total n [%] |
Alive n [%] |
Death n [%] |
p-Value |
| Total patient number | 76 [100] | 56 [73.7] | 20 [26.3] | - |
| Sex (male/female) | 63 [82.9]/13 [17.1] | 46 [82.1]/10 [17.9] | 17 [85]/3 [15] | 1.000 |
| median [range] | median [range] | median [range] | p-value | |
| Age at LT [years] | 47 [18–70] | 46.5 [18–70] | 47 [18–63] | 0.540 |
| Weight [kg] | 72 [37–127] | 74.5 [47–127] | 65.5 [37–116] | 0.186 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 23 [15–41] | 23 [15–47] | 22 [19–31] | 0.493 |
| Lab-MELD | 16 [7–40] | 14 [7–33] | 22 [9–40] | 0.01 |
| Warm ischemia time [min] | 30 [0–51] | 30 [19–44] | 30 [0–51] | 0.661 |
| Hospital stay [days] | 21 [1–176] | 22 [12–82] | 18 [1–176] | 0.318 |
| Ventilation time [h] | 15.5 [0–1255] | 12 [0–1255] | 36 [0–769] | 0.008 |
| ICU stay [days] | 4.6 [0–147.4] | 4 [0–75] | 5.4 [0.7–147.4] | 0.126 |
| Survival [month] | 64 [--147] | 81 [14–147] | 3 [0–79] | 0.001 |
| Complication pre-LT | n [%] | n [%] | n [%] | p-value |
| Chronic intestinal diseases | ||||
| Crohn’s disease | 7 [9.2] | 4 [7.1] | 3 [15] | 0.371 |
| Ulcerative colitis | 43 [56.6] | 29 [51.8] | 14 [70] | 0.195 |
| Ascites | 25 [32.9] | 20 [35.7] | 5 [25] | 0.422 |
| Splenomegaly | 45 [59.2] | 35 [62.5] | 10 [50] | 0.428 |
| Esophageal varices | 44 [57.9] | 31 [55.4] | 13 [65] | 0.599 |
| Hepatic encephalopaty | 4 [5.3] | 2 [3.6] | 2 [10] | 0.282 |
| (B) | ||||
| Donor Characteristics |
Total
n [%] |
Alive
n [%] |
Death
n [%] |
p-Value |
| Total donor number | 76 [100] | 56 [73.7] | 20 [26.3] | - |
| Sex (male/female) | 44 [57.9]/31 [40.8] | 34 [60.7]/21 [35.5] | 10 [50]/10 [50] | 0.430 |
| median [range] | median [range] | median [range] | p-value | |
| Age at death [years] | 54 [5–79] | 53.5 [5–79] | 59 [8–76] | 0.360 |
| Weight at death [kg] | 80 [18–150] | 80 [18–150] | 76 [52–150] | 0.421 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 26 [15–46] | 26 [15–46] | 27 [22–44] | 0.391 |
| Cold ischemia time [h:min] | 7:05 [0:0–14:00] | 7:11 [0:0–12:26] | 6:30 [4:00–14:00] | 0.967 |
| Donor Risk Index | 1.7 [1.1–2.4] | 1.6 [1.1–2.4] | 1.8 [1.2–2.4] | 0.123 |
| Cause of death | n [%] | n [%] | n [%] | p-value |
| Hypoxia | 17 [22.4] | 12 [70.6] | 5 [29.4] | 0.371 |
| Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 16 [21.1] | 12 [75] | 4 [25] | |
| Cerebrovascular | 13 [17.1] | 9 [69.2] | 4 [30.8] | |
| Intracerebral haemorrhage | 13 [17.1] | 10 [76.9] | 3 [23.1] | |
| Trauma | 5 [6.6] | 2 [40] | 3 [60] | |
| Living donation | 2 [2.6] | 2 [100] | - | |
| Others | 7 [9.2] | 7 [100] | - | |