Application of extended criteria donor grafts in liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure: A retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of donor livers, n (%)

	ECD (n = 78)	Non-ECD (n = 67)	P value
DCD/DBD	24 (30.8)/54 (69.2)	0/ 67 (100)	0.000
Split	1 (1.3)	0	0.352
Macrovesicular steatosis			0.187
≥ 30	2 (2.6)	0
< 30	76 (97.4)	67 (100)
Age (yr)			0.352
> 65	1 (1.3)	0
≤ 65	77 (98.7)	67 (100)
BMI (kg/m2)			0.004
> 30	9 (11.5)	0
≤ 30	69 (88.5)	67 (100)
Na (mmol/L)			0.000
> 165	14 (17.9)	0
≤ 165	64 (82.1)	67 (100)
ALT (U/L)			0.000
> 120	23 (29.5)	0
≤ 120	55 (70.5)	67 (100)
AST (U/L)			0.000
> 120	36 (46.2)	0
≤ 120	42 (53.8)	67 (100)
TB (μmol/L)			0.012
> 51	7 (9.0)	0
≤ 51	71 (91.0)	67 (100)
CIT (h)			0.035
> 12	5 (6.4)	0
≤ 12	73 (93.6)	67 (100)
Reason of death			0.969
Trauma	41 (52.6)	35 (52.2)
Other	37 (47.4)	32 (47.8)

DCD: Donation after cardiac death; DBD: Donation after brain death; ECD: Extended criteria donor; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; TB: Total bilirubin; CIT: Cold-ischemia time.