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Table 1 Comparisons of demographic data and pre- and peri-operative clinical features based on hospital mortality in liver transplantation patients

From: Association between surgical volumes and hospital mortality in patients: a living donor liver transplantation single center experience

Demographic and clinical features

No hospital mortality (n = 433)

Hospital mortality (n = 30)

p

Mean ± SD (range)

Mean ± SD (range)

Recipient age (years)

54.08 ± 8.41 (11–73)

52.43 ± 11.66 (21–73)

0.453

Donor age (years)

31.12 ± 9.15 (18.0–65.00)

35.27 ± 9.28 (20.0–56.00)

0.017

MELD score

17.59 ± 9.31 (3.0–40.0)

23.33 ± 9.32 (9.0–37.0)

< 0.001

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

6.89 ± 9.62 (0.19–47.69)

8.75 ± 10.33 (0.32–38.68)

0.314

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.16 ± 0.96 (0.32–8.65)

1.55 ± 1.10 (0.40–4.90)

0.075

INR

1.53 ± 0.638 (0.87–4.76)

1.69 ± 0.62 (0.95–3.64)

0.201

GRWR

1.10 ± 0.30 (0.55–2.28)

1.13 ± 0.33 (0.68–2.04)

0.617

Blood loss (ml)

3478.10 ± 3656.62 (300.0–39,450.0)

7003.00 ± 7371.99 (200.0–40,000.0)

0.014

Operative time (min)

408.79 ± 93.87 (215.00–855.00)

434.33 ± 105.65 (280.00–660.00)

0.154

 

(%)

(%)

 

Gender

  

0.859

 Male

338 (78.1)

23 (76.7)

 

 Female

95 (21.9)

7 (23.3)

 

The type of disease

  

0.087

 Alcoholic ± viruses

108(24.9)

13(43.3)

 

 Virus related

284(65.6)

13(43.3)

 

 Primary biliary cholangitis

8(1.8)

1(3.3)

 

 Other

33(7.6)

3(10.0)

 

Pre-LT renal failure

  

0.197

 Yes

21 (4.8)

3 (10.0)

 

 No

412 (93.8)

27 (90.0)

 

Pre-LT in intensive care unit

  

0.001

 Yes

27 (6.2)

7 (23.3)

 

 No

406 (93.8)

23 (76.7)

 

ABO incompatible

1.000

  

 Yes

51 (11.8)

3 (10.0)

 

 No

382 (88.2)

27 (90.0)

 

Liver transplant cases/year

   

 < 20/year

17 (3.9)

2 (6.7)

0.353

 ≥ 20/year

416 (96.1)

28 (93.3)

 

 < 30/year

65 (15.0)

9 (30.0)

0.030

 ≥ 30/year

368 (85.0)

21 (70.0)

 

 < 50/year

135 (31.2)

14 (46.7)

0.079

 ≥ 50/year

298 (68.8)

16 (53.3)

 
  1. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score, international normalized ratio (INR), graft-recipient weight ratio (GRWR), liver transplantation (LT). The types of disease were alcoholic (n = 102, 22.0%), alcoholic ± hepatitis B or C (n = 19, 4.1%), hepatitis B (n = 165, 35.6%), hepatitis C (n = 110, 23.8%), hepatitis B and C (n = 22, 4.8%), primary biliary cholangitis (n = 9, 1.9%) and other (n = 36, 7.8%): non-hepatitis B and C (n = 25), autoimmune (n = 6), drug toxicity (n = 1), liver tumor (n = 4)