Research Article

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 cases12 m DFS valueSig.
(%)

All5020.6
Hb.
 <111185.70.136NS
 >11390.0
WBCs
 <4000925.00.052NS
 4000–110002123.9
Platelets
 <1500002023.70.663NS
 >1500003030.8
ALT
 <372878.1<0.001HS
 >37220.0
AST
 <4126100.0<0.001HS
 >41240.0
ALP
 <1602634.90.006HS
 >160240.0
GGT
 <1052553.90.915NS
 >1052519.2
T. proteins
 <72512.70.027S
 >72574.2
Albumin
 <4179.80.017S
 >43371.8
T. bilirubin
 <1.0350.00.709NS
 >1.01536.6
D. bilirubin
 <0.33058.80.179NS
 >0.31915.9
PT
 <13.5250.00.615NS
 >13.52527.5
PC
 <97.52519.90.869NS
 >97.52546.7
INR
 <1260.00.587NS
 >12426.5
Urea
 <252523.90.522NS
 >25250.0
Creatinine
 <1.24539.70.596NS
 >1.250.0
fetoprotein
 <3.3250.00.942NS
 >3.32547.9

NS: nonsignificant statistical correlation, S: significant, and HS: highly significant.