Sustained low diffusing capacity in hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation

Table 1 Physical and clinical characteristics of patients with and without hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS)

Characteristics	HPS	Non-HPS
Patients (n)	6	24
Gender (F/M)	2/4	9/15
Age (yr)	43 ± 6	54 ± 2
Smoking Habits (n)
Smokers Ex-smokers	1 2	5 5
Etiology (n)
Hepatitis C	3	12
Alcohol	1	4
Idiopathic	0	4
Other	2	4
Child-Pugh, n (%)
A	1 (17)	3 (13)
B	4 (66)	13 (54)
C	1 (17)	8 (33)
Gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%)	4 (66)	10 (42)
Ascites, n (%)	3 (50)	18 (75)
Cutaneous spider naevi, n (%)	6 (100)	17 (71)
Concomitant respiratory Symptoms, n (%)
Digital clubbing	4 (66)	2 (8)a
Dyspnea	6 (100)	3 (12)a
Cyanosis	2 (33)	0 (0)a

^aP < 0.05 vs non-HPS.