Table 5.

Measures reflecting changes in the portal circulation before and after donation

		Mean (standard deviation)			p-value*
	Pre-donation (B)	T1	T2	T3	B vs. T1	B vs. T2	B vs. T3
CA** Cloral (mL kg-1 min-1)	25.6 (7.0) n=12	12.3 (5.5) n=8	16.3 (4.7) n=10	23.5 (15.9) n=10	0.0006 n=8	0.0009 n=10	0.5924 n=10
Cholate shunt (%)	22 (11) n=11	37 (14) n=8	30 (10) n=10	24 (11) n=10	0.0266 n=7	0.0479 n=9	0.3617 n=9
Platelet count (μL-1)	232 (63) n=12	200 (94) n=9	196 (64) n=10	193 (44) n=8	0.0739 n=9	0.0003 n=10	0.0100 n=8
by CT
Spleen volume (mL/kg)	3.0 (1.2) n=12	4.3 (2.0) n=8	4.0 (1.6) n=10	3.8 (1.4) n=10	0.0022 n=8	0.0004 n=10	0.0003 n=10
Vt/Vpre-donation	1.0	1.39 (0.15) n=8	1.33 (0.19) n=10	1.27 (0.17) n=10	0.0002 n=8	0.0003 n=10	0.0009 n=10
by SPECT
Spleen volume (mL/kg)	2.4 (1.1) n=12	3.6 (1.7) n=7	3.9 (2.3) n=10	3.5 (1.8) n=10	0.0513 n=7	0.0309 n=10	0.0227 n=10
Vt/Vpre-donation	1.0	1.58 (0.52) n=7	1.58 (0.65) n=10	1.50 (0.52) n=10	0.0259 n=7	0.0199 n=10	0.0145 n=10

^*P-values are from two-sided paired t-tests comparing post-donation to pre-donation (baseline) values.

^**CA = cholate