Table 1.
Demographic baseline characteristics
| Baseline characteristics | |
| Age (yr) | 51.45 (9.92) |
| Gender (male/female) | 152/43 |
| Weight (kg) | 76.39 (13.71) |
| Height (cm) | 168.74 (7.77) |
| MELD score (points)1 | 15.3 (6.82) |
| Aetiology of liver diseases [number (%)] | |
| Viral cirrhosis | 65 (33.3) |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 95 (41.7) |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 51 (26.2) |
| Fulminant hepatic failure | 3 (1.3) |
| Primary biliary cirrhosis | 5 (2.2) |
| Acute retransplantation | 5 (2.2) |
| Chronic rejection | 1 (0.4) |
| Sclerosing cholangitis | 6 (2.6) |
| Cryptogenic cirrhosis | 11 (4.8) |
| Hemochromatosis | 1 (0.4) |
1
The MELD score does not take into account extra exception points. MELD: Model of end liver disease.