TABLE 4.
Causes of Death After Primary LT and Re-LT in Patients With PSC
| Primary LT (n = 1248) |
All Re-LT (n = 229) |
P Value | Early Re-LT (n = 65) |
Late Re-LT (n = 164) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INF | 210 (18.1) | 68 (31.1) | <0.001 | 19 (30.2) | 49 (31.4) | 0.86 |
| Multisystem organ failure | 134 (11.6) | 33 (15.1) | 0.15 | 9 (14.3) | 24 (15.4) | 0.84 |
| GF | 117 (10.1) | 31 (14.2) | 0.08 | 7 (11.1) | 24 (15.4) | 0.41 |
| Cardiovascular | 118 (10.2) | 25 (11.4) | 0.59 | 6 (9.5) | 19 (12.2) | 0.58 |
| Malignancy | 240 (20.7) | 16 (7.3) | <0.001 | 7 (11.1) | 9 (5.8) | 0.17 |
| Hemorrhage | 54 (4.7) | 13 (5.9) | 0.42 | 4 (6.4) | 9 (5.8) | 0.87 |
| Renal failure | 51 (4.4) | 4 (1.8) | 0.07 | 1 (1.6) | 3 (1.9) | 0.87 |
| Pulmonary | 41 (3.5) | 3 (1.4) | 0.09 | 0 | 3 (1.9) | 0.27 |
| Other | 160 (13.8) | 46 (21.0) | 0.01 | 7 (11.1) | 39 (25.0) | 0.02 |
NOTE: Data are given as n (%). Cause of death was reported for 1158/1248 primary LT mortalities and 219/229 re-LT mortalities, including 63/65 for early re-LT and 156/164 for late re-LT. Up to 3 contributing causes of death could be reported.