Relationship between GH/IGF-1 Axis, Graft Recovery, and Early Survival in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study.

Number of patients	30
Age (years)	55.2 ± 11.7
Gender (M/F)	23/7
MELD score at transplant	16.2 ± 1.8
Donor age (years)	48.7 ± 24.8
Donor gender (M/F)	21/9
Cold ischemia time (minutes)	396 ± 112
Warm ischemia time (minutes)	42 ± 16
Cause of liver disease	12 HCV
	6 HBV
	5 Alcoholic
	2 Primary sclerosing cholangitis
	2 Autoimmune
	2 Cryptogenic
	1 Polycystic liver disease
Immunosuppression (cyclosporine-A/tacrolimus)	10/20

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.