Table 2. Recipient Characteristics According to Graft Outcome.
| Successful Grafts (n = 318) |
Failed Grafts (n = 144) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 51.3 ± 0.7 | 50.3 ± 1 | NS |
| Gender (M/F) | 200/118 | 99/45 | NS |
| Previous OLTx (%) | 10.4 | 28.5 | P < .00001 |
| Diagnosis (%): | |||
| Alcoholic | 17.3 | 15.3 | |
| Cholestatic | 19.5 | 17.4 | |
| Cryptogenic | 10.7 | 10.4 | |
| Ischemic injury | 3.1 | 9.0 | |
| Malignancy | 6.3 | 7.6 | |
| Posthepatitic | 29.6 | 28.5 | |
| Other | 13.5 | 11.8 | NS* |
| UNOS status (%): | |||
| Status 2 | 17.9 | 8.3 | |
| Status 3 | 45.3 | 36.8 | |
| Status 4 | 36.8 | 54.9 | P = .0005† |
| Waiting time (days) | 160 ± 16 | 111 ± 17 | P = .067 |
| Positive cross-match (%) | 10.7 | 9.1 | NS |
*
No difference across diagnostic categories.
†
Overall P value for differences in UNOS status. When individual comparisons are made between groups, status 2 and 3 are significantly different from status 4. Status 2 is not different from status 3.