Table 7.
Comparison of patients not employed before and after orthotopic liver transplantation to patients not employed before but employed after orthotopic liver transplantation
| n = 55 | Not Employed before and after OLT (n = 45) | Not employed before but employed after OLT (n = 10) | P value |
| Age, median (range, min-max) | 50 (28, 32-60) | 41 (34, 26-60) | 0.03 |
| Sex (male/female) | 30 (66.7%)/15 | 5 (50%)/5 | 0.47 |
| Profession Academic/non-academic | 5 (11.1%)/40 | 2 (20%)/8 | 0.6 |
| labMELD median (range, min-max) | 19 (33, 7-40) | 20 (24, 8-32) | 0.74 |
| Aetiology of liver disease | 0.2 | ||
| PSC | 11 | 3 | |
| PBC | 0 | 1 | |
| Alcohol | 8 | 1 | |
| HCV | 6 | 1 | |
| HBV | 10 | 1 | |
| AIH | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Wilson | 1 | 0 | |
| Others | 9 | 3 | |
| History of HE (+/-) | 23 (51.1%)/22 | 4 (40%)/6 | 0.73 |
| Neurological complications (+/-) | 25 (55.6%)/20 | 6 (60%)/4 | 1.0 |
| PHES after OLT, median (min/max) | -1 (-10/+4) (n = 36) | 0 (-5/+2) (n = 5) | 0.63 |
| CFF after OLT, mean ± SD | 42.0 ± 4.0 (n = 33) | 47.9 ± 5.2 (n = 5) | < 0.01 |
| RBANS after OLT Immediate memory, mean ± SD | 92.7 ± 19.0 (n = 34) | 97.8 ± 22.9 (n = 4) | 0.62 |
| RBANS after OLT Visuospatial/constructional, median (range, min-max) | 90.5 (55, 66-121) (n = 34) | 84 (11, 78-89) (n = 4) | 0.32 |
| RBANS after OLT Language, mean ± SD | 92.5 ± 14.8 (n = 34) | 103.5 ± 10.3 (n = 4) | 0.16 |
| RBANS after OLT Attention, mean ± SD | 89.7 ± 15.1 (n = 34) | 104.0 ± 12.6 (n = 4) | 0.08 |
| RBANS after OLT Delayed memory, median (range, min-max) | 96 (44, 75-119) (n = 34) | 98.5 (34, 71-105) (n = 4) | 1.0 |
| RBANS after OLT Sum score, mean ± SD | 461.9 ± 54.8 (n = 34) | 482.3 ± 57.6 (n = 4) | 0.49 |
| RBANS after OLT Total scale, mean ± SD | 89.9 ± 14.3 (n = 34) | 95.0 ± 14.5 (n = 4) | 0.51 |
P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; NS: Not specified; 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.