Clinical Study

Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases and Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: The US Experience

Table 2

Multivariate Cox regression results of clinical variables found to be significant ( ). *Signifies percentage of sample who required retransplantation.

RangeMean valueChange in OR

Transplants after 1988
Patient survival
 Albumin at transplant0.9–3.21.1660.0330.446
Allograft survival
 Patient required retransplant n/a7.6%*<0.0049.02
 Donor creatinine0.30–15.01.380.0041.32

Transplants after 2002
Patient survival
 Total bilirubin at transplant0.10–69.602.640.021.063
 Albumin at transplant1.40–5.203.830.0110.480
 Donor creatinine0.3–15.01.460.0041.288
Allograft survival
 Patient required retransplant n/a4.5%*<0.0035.89
 Total bilirubin at transplant0.10–69.602.640.0191.060
 Albumin at transplant1.40–5.203.830.0060.455
 Donor creatinine0.3–15.01.460.0041.308