Table 3 Risk factors for overall mortality in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma.

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

 

Univariable

Multivariable

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Patients with HCC

Elderly recipient (age ≥ 60 years)

0.689 (0.382–1.242)

0.215

  

Female sex

0.598 (0.286–1.251)

0.172

0.545 (0.259–1.145)

0.109

High tacrolimus IPV (CV > 30%)

2.600 (1.602–4.221)

 < 0.001

3.010 (1.842–4.918)

 < 0.001

Mean tacrolimus level, ng/mL

1.045 (0.919–1.188)

0.500

  

Donor age, per year

1.022 (1.004–1.040)

0.014

1.024 (1.006–1.043)

0.009

Donor female sex

1.192 (0.731–1.942)

0.482

  

Deceased donor

1.815 (1.113–2.959)

0.017

  

MELD Na score > 25

1.503 (0.745–3.035)

0.255

  

AFP > 100 IU/mL

4.296 (2.515–7.336)

 < 0.001

4.833 (2.811–8.309)

 < 0.001

mTOR inhibitor

0.732 (0.394–1.358)

0.323

  

Patients without HCC

Elderly recipient (age ≥ 60 years)

3.157 (1.516–6.575)

0.002

2.493 (1.191–5.218)

0.015

Female sex

1.303 (0.658–2.580)

0.448

  

High tacrolimus IPV (CV > 30%)

1.480 (0.730–2.999)

0.277

  

Mean tacrolimus level, ng/mL

1.020 (0.840–1.239)

0.842

  

Donor age, per year

1.040 (1.014–1.067)

0.002

1.039 (1.012–1.066)

0.004

Donor female sex

1.076 (0.539–2.149)

0.836

  

Deceased donor

2.022 (1.020–4.009)

0.044

  

MELD Na score > 25

0.685 (0.334–1.406)

0.302

  

HBV-related liver disease

0.281 (0.121–0.650)

0.003

0.342 (0.146–0.801)

0.014

  1. AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; CI, confidence interval; CV, coefficient of variance; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HR, hazard ratio; IPV, intra-patient variability; MELD Na, Model for End-stage Liver Disease sodium.