Liver transplantation for biliary atresia: A single-center study from mainland China

Table 1 Characteristics of children with biliary atresia in stages I and II (n = 188) n (%)

Variable	Stage I (n = 74)	Stage II (n = 114)	P-value
Gender			0.146
Boys	45 (60.8)	57 (50.0)
Girls	29 (39.2)	57 (50.0)
Age			0.315
≤ 12 mo	53 (71.6)	89 (78.1)
> 12 mo	21 (28.4)	25 (21.9)
Place of birth			0.698
Rural	44 (59.5)	71 (62.3)
Urban	30 (40.5)	43 (37.7)
Hospital class for initial treatments			0.072
I or II	49 (66.2)	89 (78.1)
III	25 (33.8)	25 (21.9)
Previous surgical intervention
None	28 (37.9)	39 (34.2)	0.612
Laparotomy	22 (29.7)	24 (21.1)	0.176
KP	24 (32.4)	51 (44.7)	0.092
Referral for transplantation			< 0.001
Referred	32 (43.2)	81 (71.1)
Non-referred	42 (56.8)	33 (28.9)
Reason for no transplantation
Refusal by the parents	20 (27.0)	16 (14.0)	0.027
Lack of a suitable graft	9 (12.2)	21 (18.4)	0.252

KP: Kasai procedure.