Table 3.

Causes of patient death in the two groups

Variables	Short surviving group (228, 46.4%)	Long surviving group (n = 263, 53.6%)	P
	N (%) or median (IQR)
Total number of deaths	228 (100.0)	56 (21.3)	< 0.0001
Infection (any type)	33 (14.5)	5 (1.9)	< 0.0001
Cardiac	28 (12.3)	4 (1.5)	< 0.0001
PDF	28 (12.3)	0 (–)	< 0.0001
Recurrence HCC	28 (12.3)	4 (1.5)	< 0.0001
Recurrence HCV	22 (9.6)	8 (3.0)	0.002
De novo tumor	20 (8.8)	10 (3.8)	0.02
PNF	14 (6.1)	0 (–)	< 0.0001
Brain	10 (4.4)	0 (–)	0.0004
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage	10 (4.4)	0 (–)	0.0004
Chronic rejection	8 (3.5)	6 (2.3)	0.43
Recurrence other disease	8 (3.5)	6 (2.3)	0.43
Biliary complication	5 (2.2)	2 (0.8)	0.26
Vascular thrombosis	5 (2.2)	0 (–)	0.02
Intraoperative death	3 (1.3)	0 (–)	0.10
Recurrence HBV	3 (1.3)	2 (0.8)	0.67
Suicide	3 (1.3)	0 (–)	0.10
Extreme old age	0 (–)	5 (1.9)	0.06
Other	2 (0.8)	6 (2.3)	0.30

N number, IQR interquartile ranges, PDF primary dysfunction, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, HCV hepatitis C virus, PNF primary non-function, HBV hepatitis B virus