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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2017 Jun;23(6):769–780. doi: 10.1002/lt.24703

TABLE 7.

Recipient and Donor Characteristics at Re-LT for Disease REC in Patients With PSC

Re-LT for REC
(n = 178)
Other Re-LT
(n = 451)
P Value* Primary LT
(n = 5080)
P Value
Age at LT, years 47 (38–56) 45 (36–55) 0.08 48 (38–57) 0.44
Male sex 134 (75.3) 324 (71.8) 0.38 3453 (68.0) 0.04
Race/ethnicity 0.43 0.60
  White 140 (78.7) 378 (83.8) 4168 (82.0)
  Black 28 (15.7) 54 (12.0) 629 (12.4)
  Hispanic 8 (4.5) 14 (3.1) 187 (3.7)
  Asian 1 (0.6) 4 (0.9) 62 (1.2)
  Other 1 (0.6) 1 (0.2) 33 (0.6)
Location <0.001 <0.001
  In ICU 21 (11.8) 162 (35.9) 377 (7.4)
  Hospitalized 44 (24.7) 133 (29.5) 804 (15.8)
  Ambulatory 113 (63.5) 156 (34.6) 3897 (76.7)
Mechanical ventilation 10 (5.6) 92 (20.4) <0.001 100 (2.0) 0.004
MELD score 25 (20–34) 24 (17–32) 0.12 19 (14–26) <0.001
Total bilirubin 13.3 (5.4–26.5) 9.4 (3.1–22.6) 0.01 6.4 (2.7–15.0) <0.001
Creatinine 1.4 (0.9–2.5) 1.3 (0.9–2.1) 0.11 0.9 (0.7–1.2) <0.001
Albumin 2.8 (2.3–3.4) 2.8 (2.4–3.3) 0.49 3.0 (2.5–3.5) 0.08
Living donor 4 (2.2) 4 (0.9) 0.23 551 (10.8) <0.001
DCD donor 2 (1.1) 4 (0.9) 0.68 120 (2.4) 0.44
Donor age ≥ 60 years 14 (7.9) 45 (10.0) 0.41 620 (12.2) 0.08
Split graft 4 (2.2) 8 (1.8) 0.75 621 (12.2) <0.001

NOTE: Data are given as n (%) or median (IQR).

*

Comparison between re-LT for disease REC versus other indications.

Comparison between re-LT for disease REC versus primary LT.

Available for transplants performed after February 27, 2002 (n = 164/178, 278/451, and 3175/5080).