Risk of alcohol use relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

Table 3 The characteristics of 7 patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis due to alcoholic liver disease who underwent liver transplantations

Case	Age at the first drinking	Age at the first examination	Age at the LT	Gender	Comorbidity	Daily intake of alcohol1	LT	Follow-up (yr)	Alcohol relapse	Self-help groups
1	24	32	36	Male	None	17.6	Deceased-donor	8.3	None	None
2	27	38	38	Female	None	6.5	Deceased-donor	9.9	None	None
3	15	42	44	Male	Non-BNon-CLiver cirrhosis	16.0	Deceased-donor	7.3	None	Participation (spouse only)
4	17	44	46	Male	Liver cirrhosis (type C)	20.0	Deceased-donor	4.8	Relapse2 (3 yr after)	None
5	13	28	28	Male	None	20.0	Living-donor (relation: father)	3.3	None	Participation
6	17	51	51	Female	Liver cirrhosis (type C)Hepatocellular carcinoma	15.0	Living-donor (relation: daughter)	1.3	None	None
7	9	46	46	Female	None	20.0	Living-donor (relation: younger brother)	0.5	None	None

¹The unit of a standard drink in Japan contained 10 g of alcohol;

²The patient quit alcohol with the immediate psychiatric intervention (psychoeducation and supportive psychotherapy) by psychiatrists.