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. 2002 Aug;51(2):248–252. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.2.248

Table 4.

Rate of fibrosis progression and predicted interval from time of liver transplantation until established cirrhosis according to donor age and warm ischaemic time (WIT)

Parameter No of patients Fibrosis rate per year (median) Predicted interval from transplant to cirrhosis*
Donor age <40 y 25 0.6 10 (4.7–13.3)
Donor age 40–49 y 19 0.9 6.7 (3.3–11.3)
Donor age >49 y 12 2.2 2.7 (1.3–5.7)
WIT <40 min 14 0.5 12 (3.3–21.4)
WIT 40–49 min 19 0.6 10 (2.5–21.4)
WIT 50–59 min 17 1.0 6 (2.9–9.4)
WIT >59 min 6 1.3 4.6 (1.1–33)

*Values are median (95% confidence interval).