Table 1.

The baseline and characteristics of patients.

	Control without glucocorticoid	Short term use of glucocorticoid	Long term use of glucocorticoid
Number of patients	22	20	18
Time of glucocorticoid	0	<3 months	>3 months
Gender (male/female)	10/12	11/10	10/8
Recipient age	52 ± 8.3	53 ± 7.4	48 ± 5.1
MELD score	16.3 ± 4.1	24.9 ± 7.3	22.9 ± 6.7
Surgery	Hepatic resection	Orthotopic liver transplantation	Orthotopic liver transplantation
CSA	No	Yes	Yes
BMI	24 ± 3.4	26 ± 1.4	28 ± 1.1
Basic diseases	Angioma	Liver cirrhosis	Liver cirrhosis