Table 1.
Recipient characteristics of HCC liver transplant recipients.
| Total Population (n=5002) |
Donor Age <60 (n=4162) |
Donor Age ≥60 (n=840) |
Local Share (n=3957) |
Non-local (n=1045) |
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Recipient characteristics |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p value | n (%) | n (%) | p value |
| Male | 3872 (77.4) | 3251 (78.1) | 621 (73.9) | 0.008 | 3068 (77.5) | 804 (76.9) | 0.68 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 3373 (67.4) | 2814 (67.6) | 559 (66.6) | 0.55 | 2657 (67.2) | 716 (68.5) | 0.40 |
| Black | 447 (8.9) | 369 (8.9) | 78 (9.3) | 0.70 | 354 (9.0) | 93 (8.9) | 0.96 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 684 (13.7) | 567 (13.6) | 117 (13.9) | 0.81 | 550 (13.9) | 134 (12.8) | 0.37 |
| Asian | 435 (8.7) | 356 (8.6) | 79 (9.4) | 0.42 | 344 (8.7) | 91 (8.7) | 0.99 |
| Other/multi-race | 63 (1.3) | 56 (1.4) | 7 (0.8) | 0.22 | 52 (1.3) | 11 (1.0) | 0.50 |
| MELD at transplant | |||||||
| 22 | 2666 (53.3) | 2225 (53.5) | 441 (52.5) | 0.61 | 1997 (50.5) | 669 (64.0) | <0.001 |
| 23–24 | 44 (0.9) | 37 (0.9) | 7 (0.8) | 0.87 | 29 (0.7) | 15 (1.4) | 0.03 |
| 25 | 1199 (24.0) | 983 (23.6) | 216 (25.7) | 0.19 | 1031 (26.1) | 168 (16.1) | <0.001 |
| 26–27 | 110 (2.2) | 83 (2.0) | 27 (3.2) | 0.03 | 84 (2.1) | 26 (2.5) | 0.47 |
| 28 | 471 (9.4) | 399 (9.6) | 72 (8.6) | 0.36 | 407 (10.3) | 64 (6.1) | <0.001 |
| 29–30 | 245 (4.9) | 202 (4.8) | 43 (5.1) | 0.74 | 198 (5.0) | 47 (4.5) | 0.50 |
| 31 | 117 (2.3) | 98 (2.4) | 19 (2.3) | 0.87 | 96 (2.4) | 21 (2.0) | 0.43 |
| 32–40 | 150 (3.0) | 135 (3.2) | 15 (1.8) | 0.02 | 115 (2.9) | 35 (3.4) | 0.46 |
| ICU at transplant | 72 (1.4) | 61 (1.5) | 11 (1.3) | 0.73 | 52 (1.3) | 20 (1.9) | 0.15 |
| Diagnosis | |||||||
| HCV | 3108 (62.1) | 2662 (64.0) | 446 (53.1) | <0.001 | 2465 (62.3) | 643 (61.5) | 0.65 |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 422 (8.4) | 321 (7.7) | 101 (12.0) | <0.001 | 329 (8.3) | 93 (8.9) | 0.54 |
| Non-cholestatic cirrhosis | 287 (5.7) | 228 (5.5) | 59 (7.0) | 0.08 | 232 (5.9) | 55 (5.3) | 0.46 |
| HBV | 290 (5.8) | 232 (5.6) | 58 (6.9) | 0.13 | 233 (5.9) | 57 (5.4) | 0.59 |
| NASH | 215 (4.3) | 167 (4.0) | 48 (5.7) | 0.03 | 176 (4.4) | 39 (3.7) | 0.31 |
| Other | 680 (13.6) | 552 (13.3) | 128 (15.2) | 0.13 | 522 (13.2) | 158 (15.1) | 0.10 |
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | p value | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | p value | |
| Age at transplant | 57 (53–62) | 57 (53–62) | 58 (54–64) | <0.001 | 57 (53–62) | 58 (53–63) | 0.16 |
| Waitlist time (days) | 77 (27–158) | 76 (26–157) | 80 (30–168) | 0.37 | 87 (28–165) | 53 (22–119) | <0.001 |
| Post-transplant follow-up (days) | 753 (383–1323) | 756 (385–1367) | 742 (369–1124) | 0.002 | 756 (383–1348) | 745 (381–1188) | 0.21 |