Table 1.

Characteristics of recipients with biliary complications

	DDLT (n=47) mean ± SD or n (%)	LDLT (n=141) mean ± SD or n (%)	p-value*
Recipient age at transplant (years)	49.4 ± 10.3	49.5 ± 10.0	0.950
Recipient Sex			0.666
Male	30 (63.8)	85 (60.3)
Female	17 (36.2)	56 (39.7)
Recipient Race			0.385
White	39 (83.0)	124 (87.9)
Non-White	8 (17.0)	17 (12.1)
Recipient BMI	27.1 ± 4.9	26.3 ± 5.5	0.373
Diagnosis (multiple diagnoses possible)
Hepatitis C (HCV)	18 (38.3)	63 (44.7)	0.444
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)	10 (21.3)	20 (14.2)	0.250
Alcohol	7 (14.9)	19 (13.5)	0.807
Cholestatic liver disease	8 (17.0)	31 (22.0)	0.467
Noncholestatic cirrhosis other than HCV/alcohol	14 (29.8)	33 (23.4)	0.382
Other	7 (14.9)	13 (9.2)	0.794
MELD at Transplant	22.0 ± 9.5	15.4 ± 6.3	<0.0001
Donor age (years)	37.5 ± 13.4	37.1 ± 9.9	0.832
Donor Type		N/A
Donation after brain death	45 (95.7)
Donation after cardiac death	2 (4.3)
Number of bile ducts from donor graft			<0.0001
Missing		6 (4.3)
1	47 (100)	65 (46.1)
2		56 (39.7)
>2		14 (9.9)
Number of biliary anastomoses			<0.0001
Missing	12 (25.5)
1	35 (74.5)	88 (62.4)
2		45 (31.9)
3		8 (5.7)
Biliary anastomosis type			<0.0001
Missing	12 (25.5)
Not-All Roux	28 (59.6)	78 (55.3)
All Roux	7 (14.9)	63 (44.7)
Cold ischemia time (minutes)	446.4 ± 167.7	93.7 ± 99.1	<0.0001
Duration of recipient operation (minutes)	386.0 ± 119.1	533.5 ± 129.9	<0.0001
Year of Transplant			0.076
1998 – 1999	6 (12.8)	23 (16.3)
2000 – 2001	19 (40.4)	76 (53.9)
2001 – 2003	21 (44.7)	42 (29.8)
2004 – 2006	1 (2.1)

^*p-values are from two sample t-tests for continuous characteristics and from chi-square tests for categorical characteristics