Table 1.

Demographic data for patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

	BMI < 25 kg/m2	BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
Patients, n	47	112	58
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	23 ± 2	31 ± 4a	34 ± 3a
Age, years, mean ± SD	55 ± 7	55 ± 7	55 ± 8
Male gender	87%	92%	91%
White	63%	76%	83%
African-American	10%	5%	4%
Hispanic	20%	18%	13%
Asian	3%	0%	0%

^aP < 0.05 versus patients with BMI of <25 kg/m².

BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.