International Journal of Hepatology

Clinical Study

Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases and Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: The US Experience

Table 1

Clinical Variables used for univariate analysis with significance for patient and allograft survival. values ≤ 0.2 were considered significant for multivariate analysis and marked in bold for clarity.
Univariate Cox regression
Clinical variablesSignificance for patient survivalSignificance for allograft survival
Recipient variables:
Age.477.454
Gender.168.157
Education level.174.304
Ethnicity.007.024
Body mass index.083.043
MELD/PELD.000.006
Days on waitlist.017.033
Previously transplanted.782.079
Patient requires retransplantation.394.000
Dialysis 1 week prior to OLT.006.003
Encephalopathy.052.135
Ascites.051.088
Multiorgan recipient.110.095
Type of allograft (Whole or Split).244.118
Creatinine at OLT.021.082
Total bilirubin at OLT.008.013
INR at OLT.546.796
Albumin at OLT.000.001
Cold ischemia time.574.335
Warm ischemia time.650.692
Length of postoperative stay.001.002
Donor variables:
Age of donor.097.037
Creatinine of donor.015.067
Total bilirubin of donor.099.095
AST of donor.639.882
ALT of donor.447.753