Table 5.
Comparison of patients employed before and after orthotopic liver transplantation to patients employed before but not-employed after orthotopic liver transplantation
| n = 41 | Employed before and after OLT (n = 33) | Employed before but not employed after OLT (n = 8) | P value |
| Age, median (range, min-max) | 50 (42, 18-60) | 54 (30, 29-59) | 0.13 |
| Sex (male/female) | 18 (54.5%)/15 | 6 (75.0%)/2 | 0.43 |
| Profession Academic/non-academic | 11 (34.4%)/21 (NS 1) | 3 (37.5%)/5 | 1.00 |
| labMELD median (range, min-max) | 18 (33, 7-40) | 17 (31, 9-40) | 0.91 |
| Aetiology of liver disease | 0.19 | ||
| PSC | 12 | 2 | |
| PBC | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcohol | 3 | 0 | |
| HCV | 6 | 0 | |
| HBV | 2 | 2 | |
| AIH | 2 | 1 | |
| M. Wilson | 2 | 0 | |
| Others | 6 | 3 | |
| History of HE (+/-) | 9 (27.3%)/24 | 2 (25.0%)/6 | 1.00 |
| Neurological complications (+/-) | 11 (33.3%)/22 | 5 (62.5%)/3 | 0.23 |
| PHES after OLT, median (min/max) | 1 (-4/+2) (n = 25) | 0 (-7/+4) (n = 7) | 0.93 |
| CFF after OLT, mean ± SD | 45.3 ± 3.7 (n = 24) | 41.7 ± 5.0 (n = 7) | 0.04 |
| RBANS after OLT Immediate memory, mean ± SD | 101.6 ± 14.1 (n = 26) | 89.4 ± 10.0 (n = 7) | 0.04 |
| RBANS after OLT Visuospatial/constructional median (range, min-max) | 84 (64, 62-126) (n = 26) | 89 (57, 64-121) (n = 7) | 0.68 |
| RBANS after OLT Language, mean ± SD | 103.2 ± 14.6 (n = 26) | 95.1 ± 24.2 (n = 7) | 0.27 |
| RBANS after OLT Attention, mean ± SD | 100.8 ± 14.1 (n = 26) | 87.1 ± 18.6 (n = 7) | 0.04 |
| RBANS after OLT Delayed memory, median (range, min-max) | 98 (109, 10-119) (n = 26) | 95 (17, 88-105) (n = 7) | 0.16 |
| RBANS after OLT Sum score, mean ± SD | 492.0 ± 47.8 (n = 26) | 457.0 ± 56.8 (n = 7) | 0.11 |
| RBANS after OLT Total scale, mean ± SD | 97.7 ± 13.7 (n = 26) | 88.3 ± 14.6 (n = 7) | 0.12 |
P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. NS: Not specified; OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; labMELD: Laboratory Model of End Stage Liver Disease; PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy; PHES: Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score; CFF: Critical flicker frequency; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status.