Table 3.
Characteristics and risk factors for alcohol use relapse among 89 patients who underwent liver transplantation for ALD.
| Variable | No alcohol use relapse n=66 Median/% AR |
Alcohol use relapse n=23 Median/% AR |
P* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at liver transplantation | 56.15/47.57 | 52.57/37.60 | 0.1111 |
| Sex (% Females) | 25.76 | 21.74 | 0.7072 |
| Hospital stay (days) | 25.00/44.77 | 26.00/45.65 | 0.8882 |
| Days survived (from LTx to end of study period) | 1228.0/39.46 | 2595.0/60.86 | 0.0006 |
| Death post-Ltx (%) | 4.55 | 8.70 | 0.4969 |
| Mental disorders (%) | 0.00 | 4.35 | 0.2284 |
| 6 months rule before LTx (%) | 100.00 | 100.00 | 1.0000 |
| Smoking (%) | 13.64 | 56.52 | 0.0001 |
| Graft injury (%) | 12.12 | 73.91 | <0.0001 |
| Loss of social status (divorce loss of part single) (%) | 10.61 | 56.52 | <0.0001 |
| Compliance with controls (%) | 96.97 | 60.87 | <0.0001 |
| Employed post Tx (%) | 22.73 | 21.74 | 0.9241 |
| Unemployed post Tx%) | 1.52 | 4.35 | 0.5193 |
| Invalidity post Tx(%) | 45.45 | 56.52 | 0.3683 |
*
Mann-Whitney test, AR – average rank.