Table 1.
Pre-transplant recipient characteristics
| 20-year survivors (n = 28) |
Non-20-year survivors (n = 104) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 54 (24–66) | 55 (16–66) | 0.13 |
| Gender (male/female) | 16 (57 %)/12 (43 %) | 71 (68 %)/33 (32 %) | 0.93 |
| Etiology of liver disease | 0.04 | ||
| HCV cirrhosis | 10 (36 %) | 35 (34 %) | |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 4 (14 %) | 26 (24 %) | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 2 (7 %) | 23 (22 %) | |
| Cholestatic cirrhosis | 7 (25 %) | 5 (5 %) | |
| Fulminant failure | 2 (7 %) | 6 (6 %) | |
| Metabolic cirrhosis | – | 1 (1 %) | |
| Budd Chiari | – | 1 (1 %) | |
| Others | 3 (10 %) | 7 (7 %) | |
| ABO identical | 25 (89 %) | 99 (95 %) | 0.24 |
| Child-Pugh class | 0.66 | ||
| A | 4 (14 %) | 10 (10 %) | |
| B | 11 (40 %) | 37 (35 %) | |
| C | 13 (46 %) | 57 (55 %) | |
| UNOS status | 0.87 | ||
| Home | 24 (86 %) | 92 (88 %) | |
| Hospital | 1 (4 %) | 4 (4 %) | |
| Intensive Care | 3 (10 %) | 8 (8 %) | |
| Urgent liver transplant | 2 (7 %) | 7 (7 %) | 0.93 |
| Renal dysfunction | 1 (4 %) | 13 (13 %) | 0.17 |
| Hypertension | 1 (4 %) | 6 (6 %) | 0.93 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 (11 %) | 12 (12 %) | 0.90 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 3 (11 %) | 10 (10 %) | 0.86 |
UNOS United Network for Organ Sharing