Hepatic encephalopathy before and neurological complications after liver transplantation have no impact on the employment status 1 year after transplantation

Table 2 Characteristics of employed and not employed patients before orthotopic liver transplantation

n = 114	Employed (n = 49)	Not employed (n = 65)	P value
Age median (range, min-max)	49 (42,18-60)	50 (36, 24-60)	0.06
Sex (male/female)	30 (61.2%)/19	42 (64.6%)/26	0.85
Profession Academic/non-academic	16 (34.0%)/31 (NS 2)	10 (17.6%)/52 (NS 3)	0.04
labMELD median (range, min-max)	18 (33, 7-40)	18 (33, 7-40)	0.16
Aetiology of liver disease			0.44
PSC	16	14
PBC	0	1
Alcohol	5	10
HCV	7	11
HBV	5	13
AIH	3	1
M. Wilson	3	1
Others	10	14
History of HE (+/-)	15 (30.6%)/34	32 (49.2%)/33	0.05
PHES, median (min/max)	0 (-8/+5) (n = 27)	-2 (-18/+4) (n = 37)	0.04
CFF, mean ± SD	42.7 ± 3.9 (n = 26)	42.3 ± 5.0 (n = 35)	0.77
RBANS Immediate memory, mean ± SD	92.2 ± 17.0 (n = 24)	89.6 ± 18.6 (n = 32)	0.59
RBANS Visuospatial/constructional, median (range, min-max)	84 (60, 66-126) (n = 24)	84 (66, 60-126) (n = 32)	0.26
RBANS Language, mean ± SD	99.3 ± 11.6 (n = 24)	96.2 ± 14.4 (n = 32)	0.40
RBANS Attention, mean ± SD	91.8 ± 17.3 (n = 24)	84.2 ± 16.6 (n = 32)	0.10
RBANS Delayed memory, median (range, min-max)	97 (36, 86-122) (n = 24)	94.5 (64, 44-108) (n = 32)	0.24
RBANS Sum score, mean ± SD	472.1 ± 44.5 (n = 24)	443.1 ± 56.7 (n = 32)	0.04
RBANS Total scale, mean ± SD	92.1 ± 11.6 (n = 24)	84.9 ± 14.4 (n = 32)	0.05

P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. NS: Not specified; OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; labMELD: Laboratory Model of End Stage Liver Disease; PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy; PHES: Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score; CFF: Critical flicker frequency; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status.