Table 3.
Degree of hepatic steatosis in 105 biopsies performed between 12 and 36 mo after the transplant operation (HCV-positive recipients only), in relationship with a selection of variables
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Steatosis |
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| Absent (n=34) | ≤10% (n=60) | >10% (n=11) | P | |
| Ishak staging score ≤2 (n=79) | 19 | 49 | 11 | <0.005 |
| Recipient male gender (n=72) | 20 | 42 | 10 | <0.05 |
| Recipient age≤55 yr (n=50) | 15 | 28 | 7 | NS |
| Donor age ≤45 yr (n=65) | 19 | 39 | 7 | NS |
| BMI increase <1.5 kg/m2 (n=76) | 29 | 41 | 6 | <0.05 |
| Recurrent hepatitis C ≤1 yr post-OLT (n=79) | 31 | 41 | 7 | <0.02 |
| Diabetes mellitus (n=31) | 10 | 18 | 3 | NS |
BMI: body mass index, OLT: orthotopic liver transplantation, BMI increase: difference between BMI value 1 yr post-OLT and BMI value pre-OLT. P value refers to c2 for linear trend.