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Table 6 Year-on-year trend analyses of LT etiologies by HCC status: 2001–2019

From: Changing trends in liver transplantation indications in Saudi Arabia: from hepatitis C virus infection to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

 

NASH

HCV

HBV

Other

With HCC

Without HCC

With HCC

Without HCC

With HCC

Without HCC

With HCC

Without HCC

Spearman rank correlation

ρ

0.66

0.75

 − 0.51

 − 0.73

0.25

0.43

0.61

 − 0.11

p value

0.002

0.000

0.025

0.000

0.300

0.069

0.005

0.652

Joinpoint regression

 

p < 0.05*

p < 0.05

p < 0.05*

p < 0.05

NS

NS

NS

NS

 

2011–2019 APC: 10.4%

2004–2012 APC: 24.5%

2006–2019 APC: − 4.9%

2010–2019 APC: − 12.5%

    

Incidence rate ratio

IRR

1.16

1.08

0.94

0.91

1.00

1.02

1.12

1.00

95% CI

1.07–1.26

1.04–1.12

0.90–0.98

0.89–0.94

0.95–1.06

0.98–1.05

0.95–1.31

0.98–1.03

p value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.002

 < 0.001

0.873

0.414

0.171

0.768

  1. LT, liver transplant; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; APC, annual percentage change; IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; NS, not significant