Predictors of Disease Recurrence Post Living Donor Liver Transplantation in End Stage Chronic HCV Patients
Table 4
Correlation of postoperative hematological and biochemical parameters with DFS. Several key biochemical and hematological parameters were assayed at the 6th month after LDLT surgery and were correlated with the computed DFS rates that reflect HCV recurrence.
No. of cases
12 m DFS
value
Sig.
(%)
All
50
20.6
Hb.
<11
11
85.7
0.136
NS
>11
39
0.0
WBCs
<4000
9
25.0
0.052
NS
4000–11000
21
23.9
Platelets
<150000
20
23.7
0.663
NS
>150000
30
30.8
ALT
<37
28
78.1
<0.001
HS
>37
22
0.0
AST
<41
26
100.0
<0.001
HS
>41
24
0.0
ALP
<160
26
34.9
0.006
HS
>160
24
0.0
GGT
<105
25
53.9
0.915
NS
>105
25
19.2
T. proteins
<7
25
12.7
0.027
S
>7
25
74.2
Albumin
<4
17
9.8
0.017
S
>4
33
71.8
T. bilirubin
<1.0
35
0.0
0.709
NS
>1.0
15
36.6
D. bilirubin
<0.3
30
58.8
0.179
NS
>0.3
19
15.9
PT
<13.5
25
0.0
0.615
NS
>13.5
25
27.5
PC
<97.5
25
19.9
0.869
NS
>97.5
25
46.7
INR
<1
26
0.0
0.587
NS
>1
24
26.5
Urea
<25
25
23.9
0.522
NS
>25
25
0.0
Creatinine
<1.2
45
39.7
0.596
NS
>1.2
5
0.0
fetoprotein
<3.3
25
0.0
0.942
NS
>3.3
25
47.9
NS: nonsignificant statistical correlation, S: significant, and HS: highly significant.