Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study.

From: Clinical association between tacrolimus intra-patient variability and liver transplantation outcomes in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma

Characteristics

Patients without HCC (n = 287)

Patients with HCC (n = 349)

P

Age, years

51.1 ± 10.0

55.4 ± 6.8

 < 0.001

Female sex, n (%)

102 (35.5)

65 (18.6)

 < 0.001

Underlying liver disease, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

Alcoholic

98 (34.1)

26 (7.4)

 

Hepatitis B

114 (39.7)

276 (79.1)

 

Hepatitis C

13 (4.5)

31 (8.9)

 

Biliary

18 (6.3)

0

 

Others

44 (15.3)

16 (4.6)

 

MELD Na score

22.8 ± 7.7

16.4 ± 6.9

 < 0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.0 ± 3.2

24.2 ± 3.1

0.396

Deceased donor, n (%)

115 (40.1)

88 (25.2)

 < 0.001

Donor age, years

38.5 ± 13.8

35.2 ± 12.8

0.002

Donor female sex, n (%)

106 (36.9)

128 (36.7)

0.947

Donor graft steatosis

Macrosteatosis, %

5 (0–5)

1 (0–5)

0.257

Microsteatosis, %

5 (0–5)

2 (0–5)

0.419

Cold ischemia time, min

Living donor

150 (120–170)

135 (110–170)

0.11

Deceased donor

420 (345–498)

390 (326–496)

0.515

Warm ischemia time, min

Living donor

57 (47–69)

60 (46–72)

0.596

Deceased donor

44 (38–50)

45 (40–55)

0.135

  1. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MELD Na, Model for End-stage Liver Disease sodium.