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Table 2.

Predictors of Alcohol Relapse After Liver Transplantations in Different Studies.

Author, year	N	Pretransplant factors	Demographic factors	Psychosocial factors	Post-transplant
Björnsson,^²³ 2005	103	Structured management program decreased relapse	^a	^a	Structured management program decreased relapse
DiMartini,^²⁴ 2006	167	Length of sobriety	^a	Alcohol dependence, other substance use, and prior alcohol rehabilitation	^a
Pfitzmann,^²⁵ 2007	300	Abstinence <6 months		Absence of companion in life, presence of young children, and poor psychosomatic prognosis
De Gottardi,^²⁶ 2007	387	Abstinence <6 months	^a	High-risk alcoholism relapse high score (4–6), and presence of psychiatric comorbidity	^a
Gedaly,^²⁷ 2008		Abstinence <12 months	^a	^a
Tandon,^²⁸ 2009		Shorter pretransplant abstinence^b
Karim,^²⁹ 2010	80	Abstinence <6 months	Female sex, age < 50 year	Psychiatric comorbidity
Hartl,^³⁰ 2011	120	Abstinence of <3 months	^a	Nonacceptance of having an alcohol problem	^a
Rodrigue,^³¹ 2013	118	Absence of hepatocellular carcinoma Tobacco dependence Continued alcohol use after liver disease diagnosis	^a	Low motivation for alcohol treatment, Poor stress management skills, no rehabilitation relationship, limited social support, lack of nonmedical negative behavioral consequences, and continued engagement in social activities with alcohol	^a
Deruytter,^³² 2013	108	A shorter pretransplant abstinence (in univariate)	Presence of a first-degree relative with alcohol abuse	^a	^a
Egawa,^³³ 2014	140	Preoperative alcohol consumption was not a risk factor for relapse	^a	History of treatment for psychiatric diseases other than alcoholism	^a
Satapathy,^¹¹ 2015	128	Abstinence <6 months (in univariate) Active smoking	Younger age No support of immediate family member	Nonalcohol-related criminal history	^a

Not mentioned/not studied/not found important.

For every 1-month increment in pretransplant abstinence, authors found a 5% decrease in the adjusted relapse rate.