Table 3.

Transplant-related characteristics of the ‘livers that nobody wants’ (LNW) (n = 26) and control (n = 25) groups

	LNW group	Control group	P-value
Median recipient age, years (range)	60 (21–73)	56 (20–69)	0.68
Gender, male/female, n	13/13	19/6	0.10
Diagnosis (HCV/alcohol/other), n	8/8/10	8/7/10	0.97
Hepatocellular carcinoma, n (%)	7 (26.9)	7 (28)	0.89
Median time in our LT programme, days (range)	53 (1–696)	42 (1–788)	0.72
Median position on the waiting list (range)	71 (31–432)	18 (2–29)	<0.001
Median MELD score (range)	13 (6–21)	18 (6–34)	0.02
Median corrected MELD score (range)	13 (6–21)	22 (7–34)	<0.001
Donor risk factors (≤2 vs. 3–4 factors)	11/15	19/6	0.03

MELD scores were calculated at the time of transplantation with and without correction for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

HCV, hepatitis C virus; LT, liver transplant, MELD, Model for End-stage Liver Disease