Table 2 Pre-transplant parameters associated with 3-month mortality after liver transplantation in pediatric and adult liver transplant patients.
Variables at the time of liver transplantation | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HR | 95% CI | p | HR | 95% CI | p | ||
Pediatric patients | |||||||
Serum albumin | 2.36 | 1.12–4.97 | 0.0241 | 3.35 | 1.35–8.31 | 0.0089 | |
HE grade 4 | 3.37 | 1.01–11.21 | 0.0473 | 6.32 | 1.39–28.81 | 0.0172 | |
Adults | |||||||
DDLT vs. LDLT | 2.09 | 1.30−3.37 | 0.0024 | 2.09 | 1.26−3.45 | 0.0040 | |
Serum Na > 140 | 2.49 | 1.54−4.01 | 0.0002 | 2.94 | 1.75−4.95 | < 0.0001 | |
HE grade 4 | 2.93 | 1.80−4.76 | < 0.0001 | 2.87 | 1.71−4.80 | 0.0001 | |
MELD > 35 | 2.10 | 1.29−3.41 | 0.0027 | 2.06 | 1.24−3.42 | 0.0052 | |
pH ≤ 7.3 | 1.95 | 1.17−3.25 | 0.0107 | 2.50 | 1.47−4.27 | 0.0007 | |
Arterial lactate | 1.05 | 1.00−1.10 | 0.0406 | − | − | − | |
Recipient age | 1.02 | 1.00−1.04 | 0.0213 | − | − | − | |
Serum creatinine | 1.24 | 1.02−1.50 | 0.0301 | − | − | − | |
Mushroom poisoning | 2.25 | 1.12−4.54 | 0.0229 | − | − | − | |
