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).