Clinical Study

Chemokine Receptor-5 32 Mutation is No Risk Factor for Ischemic-Type Biliary Lesion in Liver Transplantation

Table 1

Recipient characteristics. MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; CPS: Child-Pugh score; BG: recipients blood group; wt/wt: wild-type CCR-5; wt/ : heterozygous CCR- ; / : homozygous CCR- ; CMV: cytomegalovirus; OKT-3: monoclonal murine anti-CD-3 antibody.

Recipient characteristics
Variables wt/wt wt/ / P-value

n (169)134 (79.3%)33 (19.5%)2 (1.2%)
Recipient gender
Male89 (66.4%)22 (66.7%).137
Female45 (33.6%)11 (33.3%)2 (100%)
Mean recipient age (years) .443
MELD Score (mean ± SD) 17.9 ± 9.960
CPS A13 (11.8%)4 (16%)1 (50%).487
CPS B60 (54.5%)13 (52%)1 (50%)
CPS C37 (33.7%)8 (32%)
BG A52 (39.1%)10 (30.3%)1 (50%).823
BG B19 (14.3%)4 (12.1%)
BG AB15 (11.3%)3 (9.1%)
BG O47 (35.3%)16 (48.5%)1 (50%)
Hepatitis B-related cirrhosis16 (11.9%)3 (9.1%).918
Hepatitis C-related cirrhosis21 (15.7%)6 (18.2%)
Hepatocellular carcinoma19 (14.2%)4 (12.1%)
Primary biliary cirrhosis6 (4.5%)2 (100%)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis4 (3%)2 (6.1%)
Acute liver failure4 (3%)3 (9.1%)
Autoimmune hepatitis2 (1.5%)
Metabolic liver diseases2 (1.5%)3 (9.1%)
Alcohol-induced cirrhosis41 (30.6%)9 (27.3%)
Retransplantation4 (3%)1 (3%)
Others15 (11.2%)2 (6.1%)
Cold ischemic time (minutes)533 ± 144582 ± 202633.806
Initial Immunosuppression
Tacrolimus110 (82.6%)28 (84.8%)2 (100%).824
Cyclosporine A23 (17.2%)4 (12.1%)
others1 (0.7%)1 (3.0%)
HLA match
0 match24 (26.4%)6 (27.3%)2 (100%).448
1 match40 (44.0%)8 (36.4%)
2 matches21 (23.1%)5 (19.2%)
3 matches5 (5.5%)2 (9.1%)
4–6 matches1 (1.1%)1 (4.5%)
CMV Infection
postitve43 (32.1%)12 (36.4%)2 (100%).117
negative28 (20.9%)2 (6.1%)
unknown63 (47.0%)19 (57.6%)