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Table 1 Characteristics of demographic and clinical features of the patients

From: Preoperative platelet count predicts posttransplant portal vein complications in orthotopic liver transplantation: a propensity score analysis

Variables

PLT > 49.5 × 10^9/L

(n = 167)

PLT ≤ 49.5 × 10^9/L

(n = 162)

P value

Donor features

 Donor age (years)

45.22 ± 1.16

46.12 ± 1.12

0.009

 Donor gender (male/female)

122/45

126/36

0.32

 Donor BMI (kg/m2)

22.08 (20.07, 24.24)

22.04 (19.59, 24.18)

0.469

Demographic features

 Age (years)

47.98 ± 0.74

45.18 ± 0.81

0.609

 Gender (male/female)

142/25

141/21

0.60

 BMI (kg/m2)

22.05 (20.28, 24.22)

22.86 (20.70, 24.88)

0.053

Clinical features

 Preoperative laboratory values

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

60.00 (45.50, 68.40)

55.00 (46.00, 69.00)

0.556

 BUN (mmol/L)

4.54 (3.52, 6.61)

4.66 (3.72, 6.10)

0.525

 Red cell (× 1012/L)

3.44 (3.05, 4.17)

3.08 (2.73, 3.83)

< 0.001

 Leukocyte (×109/L)

4.63 (3.35, 6.54)

3.01 (2.11, 4.41)

< 0.001

 Lymphocyte (×109/L)

0.80 (0.48, 1.35)

0.47 (0.30, 0.70)

< 0.001

 ALT (U/L)

33.83 (23.00, 65.00)

31.50 (23.00, 48.75)

0.204

 AST (U/L)

44.00 (31.00, 82.00)

42.00 (30.00, 62.75)

0.103

 Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

35.60 (20.20, 83.90)

54.35 (30.00, 112.15)

0.002

 Albumin (g/L)

36.90 (32.71, 42.75)

34.35 (31.20, 39.00)

0.005

 PT (s)

17.20 (15.05, 19.55)

19.15 (17.50, 21.88)

< 0.001

 APTT (s)

43.00 (39.00, 47.90)

48.05 (42.80, 52.60)

< 0.001

Hepatic features

 MELD

11.00 (7.00, 17.00)

13.50 (9.00, 19.00)

0.043

Etiology

  

0.031

 Viral hepatitis (%)

73 (43.7%)

97 (59.9%)

 

 Alcoholic cirrhosis (%)

3 (1.8%)

5 (3.1%)

 

 Hepatocellular carcinoma (%)

59 (35.3%)

36 (22.2%)

 

 Primary biliary cirrhosis & Autoimmune liver disease (%)

12 (7.2%)

8 (9.8%)

 

 Other (%)

20 (12.0%)

16 (9.9%)

 

Coexisting conditions

 Smoking (%)

56 (33.5%)

50 (30.9%)

0.605

 Drinking (%)

25 (15.0%)

36 (22.2%)

0.091

 Hypertension (%)

20 (12.0%)

5 (3.1%)

0.002

 Diabetes (%)

20 (12.0%)

15 (9.3%)

0.424

 Pre-operative PVT (%)

32 (19.2%)

25 (15.4%)

0.372

 Pre-operative splenectomy (%)

20 (12.0%)

8 (4.9%)

0.022

Intraoperative factors

 Operation time (min)

360.00 (320.00, 420.00)

390.00 (343.75, 421.25)

0.014

 Anhepatic phase (min)

47.00 (43.00, 54.00)

50.00 (45.00, 57.25)

0.006

 Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

1000 (600, 2000)

1500 (837.50, 2850.00)

< 0.001

 Total input amount (mL)

5370 (4500, 6585)

6080 (5235, 8094)

< 0.001

 Warm ischemia time (min)

14.00 (10.00, 15.00)

14.00 (10.00, 15.00)

0.733

 Cold ischemia time (h)

6.00 (5.00, 6.00)

6.00 (4.00, 6.00)

0.091