Analysis of infections in the first 3-month after living donor liver transplantation

Table 1 Univariate analysis for risk factors for postoperative bacterial infection

Variables	Infected	No infected	P value
Donor variables
Age (yr)	34.45 ± 8.78	34.89 ± 10.19	0.825
Gender (female)	10	71	0.580
BMI (kg/m2)	22.80 ± 2.69	22.99 ± 2.53	0.711
Recipient variables
Age (yr)	46.72 ± 8.27	42.31 ± 8.63	0.012
Gender (female)	2	25	0.384
BMI (kg/m2)	21.77 ± 4.21	22.63 ± 2.93	0.172
MELD score	17.24 ± 7.40	16.26 ± 10.18	0.621
Renal dysfunction	1	15	0.705
Diabetes mellitus	1	8	0.798
Starting albumin level < 2.8 g/dL	10	32	0.040
Starting TB level ≥ 20 mg/dL	3	24	0.774
Starting INR level	1.62 ± 0.54	1.71 ± 1.50	0.744
Hyponatremia	7	12	0.008
Graft variables
GRWR (%)	0.99 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.17	0.111
Intraoperative variables
Massive RBCs transfusion	8	35	0.335
FFP transfusion > 10 units	7	42	0.949
Postoperative variables
Bile leak	10	6	0.000
Rejection	2	3	0.090
Hyperglycemia	5	10	0.042
ICU stay	17.38 ± 11.11	12.28 ± 12.48	0.040

BMI: Body mass index; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; TB: Total bilirubin; INR: International normalized ratio; GRWR: Graft to recipient weight ratio; RBC: Red blood cell; FFP: Fresh frozen plasma; ICU: Intensive care unit.