Table 1 Patient characteristics prior to liver transplantation, in the group of patients with CT scans in the short-term and long-term follow-up after transplantation.

From: Muscle quality determined by computed tomography predicts short-term and long-term survival after liver transplantation

Patient characteristic

Pre-LT

Short-term FU post-LT

Long-term FU post-LT

Sex

Total (n = 152)

Male (n = 109)

Female (n = 43)

Total (n = 50)

Male (n = 37)

Female (n = 13)

Total (n = 52)

Male (n = 36)

Female (n = 16)

Age (years)

55 ± 10

55 ± 10

55 ± 10

57 ± 8

57 ± 8

58 ± 10

60 ± 8

60 ± 8

61 ± 9

BMI (kg/m2)

25.3 ± 5.4

25.4 ± 5.2

25.0 ± 5.9

24.6 ± 4.2

25.3 ± 4

22.6 ± 4.2

25.0 ± 4

25.0 ± 3.8

25.5 ± 4.7

Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)

7 (5)

3 (3)

4 (9)

3 (6)

–

3 (23)

-

-

-

MELD-score pre-LT

20 (12 – 30)

20 (13 –30)

24 (11 –32)

13 (9 – 26)

13 (9 – 23)

16 (9 – 28)

14 (9 – 28)

13 (8 – 24)

24 (11 –33)

CCI

0.0 (0 – 1)

0.0 (0 – 1)

0.0 (0 – 1)

1.0 (0 – 3)

1.0 (0 – 3)

1.0 (0 – 3)

2.0 (1 – 4)

2.5 (1 – 4)

2.0 (0 – 4)

Etiology of liver disease

 Alcoholic

53 (35)

38 (35)

15 (35)

20 (40)

15 (41)

5 (38)

23 (44)

17 (47)

6 (38)

 Viral

34 (22)

24 (23)

10 (23)

18 (36)

14 (38)

4 (31)

17 (33)

13 (36)

4 (25)

 Autoimmune

19 (13)

11 (10)

8 (19)

4 (8)

2 (5)

2 (15)

2 (4)

-

2 (13)

 NASH

9 (6)

6 (6)

3 (7)

1 (2)

1 (3)

–

1 (2)

-

1 (6)

 Re-transplantation

10 (7)

8 (7)

2 (5)

1 (2)

–

1 (8)

2 (4)

2 (6)

-

 Acute liver failure

9 (6)

7 (6)

2 (5)

–

–

–

-

-

-

 Cryptogenic or other

18 (12)

14 (13)

4 (9)

6 (12)

5 (14)

1 (8)

7 (14)

4 (11)

3 (19)

 Concomitant HCC

49 (32)

37 (35)

12 (28)

29 (58)

22 (60)

7 (54)

28 (54)

23 (64)

5 (31)

Before LT

 Dialysis

32 (21)

17 (16)

15 (35)

5 (10)

3 (8)

2 (15)

7 (14)

1 (3)

6 (38)

 Hepatorenal syndrome

47 (31)

28 (26)

19 (44)

11 (22)

5 (14)

6 (46)

10 (19)

4 (11)

6 (38)

 Hepatic encephalopathy

78 (51)

58 (53)

20 (47)

21 (42)

17 (46)

4 (31)

23 (44)

15 (42)

8 (50)

 Ascites

84 (55)

56 (52)

28 (65)

28 (56)

19 (51)

9 (69)

25 (48)

14 (39)

11 (69)

 Esophageal varices

93 (61)

64 (59)

29 (67)

31 (62)

20 (54)

11 (85)

35 (67)

21 (58)

14 (88)

  1. Data are displayed as absolute and relative frequencies, mean and standard deviation for normally distributed data and median with interquartile range for skewed data distribution.
  2. LT liver transplantation, FU follow-up, BMI body mass index, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma.
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