Metabolic syndrome after liver transplantation: Preventable illness or common consequence?

Table 2 Factors associated with the metabolic syndrome after transplant

Pretransplant risk factors	Posttransplant risk factors
Weight[9]	Change in BMI[7]
Body mass index[7,10,14]
Cryptogenic cirrhosis[9,10]
Alcohol cirrhosis[9]
Hepatitis C cirrhosis[9]
Pretransplant diabetes[7,10,14]
Age[9,10]
Triglycerides[10]
High density lipoprotein[10]

BMI: Body mass index.