Table 1.
Characteristics of 76 Liver Transplant Recipients for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
| Age and sex distribution
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Time from onset of symptoms to transplantation
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Clinical features
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | Male | Female | Time (yr) | No. of patients (%) | Symptoms | No. of patients (%) | Signs | No. of patients (%) |
| 30–39 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 (4.0) | Pruritus | 50 (65.8) | Jaundice | 75 (97) |
| 40–49 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 4 (5.3) | Fatigue | 31 (40.8) | Ascites | 55 (72) |
| 50–59 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 8 (10.7) | Abdominal pain | 17 (23) | Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 55 (72) |
| ≥60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 (10.7) | ||||
| Total | 7 | 69 | 5 | 9 (12.0) | Encephalopathy | 25 (33) | Hepatomegaly | 52 (69) |
| 6 | 9 (12.0) | Splenomegaly | 39 (52) | |||||
| 7 | 9 (11.8) | Xanthomas | 14 (18.4) | |||||
| 8 | 5 (6.6) | |||||||
| 9 | 8 (10.7) | |||||||
| 10 | 7 (9.3) | |||||||
| >10 | 6 (8.0) | |||||||