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

Table 5 Comparison of patients employed before and after orthotopic liver transplantation to patients employed before but not-employed after orthotopic liver transplantation

n = 41	Employed before and after OLT (n = 33)	Employed before but not employed after OLT (n = 8)	P value
Age, median (range, min-max)	50 (42, 18-60)	54 (30, 29-59)	0.13
Sex (male/female)	18 (54.5%)/15	6 (75.0%)/2	0.43
Profession Academic/non-academic	11 (34.4%)/21 (NS 1)	3 (37.5%)/5	1.00
labMELD median (range, min-max)	18 (33, 7-40)	17 (31, 9-40)	0.91
Aetiology of liver disease			0.19
PSC	12	2
PBC	0	0
Alcohol	3	0
HCV	6	0
HBV	2	2
AIH	2	1
M. Wilson	2	0
Others	6	3
History of HE (+/-)	9 (27.3%)/24	2 (25.0%)/6	1.00
Neurological complications (+/-)	11 (33.3%)/22	5 (62.5%)/3	0.23
PHES after OLT, median (min/max)	1 (-4/+2) (n = 25)	0 (-7/+4) (n = 7)	0.93
CFF after OLT, mean ± SD	45.3 ± 3.7 (n = 24)	41.7 ± 5.0 (n = 7)	0.04
RBANS after OLT Immediate memory, mean ± SD	101.6 ± 14.1 (n = 26)	89.4 ± 10.0 (n = 7)	0.04
RBANS after OLT Visuospatial/constructional median (range, min-max)	84 (64, 62-126) (n = 26)	89 (57, 64-121) (n = 7)	0.68
RBANS after OLT Language, mean ± SD	103.2 ± 14.6 (n = 26)	95.1 ± 24.2 (n = 7)	0.27
RBANS after OLT Attention, mean ± SD	100.8 ± 14.1 (n = 26)	87.1 ± 18.6 (n = 7)	0.04
RBANS after OLT Delayed memory, median (range, min-max)	98 (109, 10-119) (n = 26)	95 (17, 88-105) (n = 7)	0.16
RBANS after OLT Sum score, mean ± SD	492.0 ± 47.8 (n = 26)	457.0 ± 56.8 (n = 7)	0.11
RBANS after OLT Total scale, mean ± SD	97.7 ± 13.7 (n = 26)	88.3 ± 14.6 (n = 7)	0.12

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.