Invasive aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients, an infectious complication with low incidence but significant mortality

Table 1 Demographic information and background factors before transplantation of the study population

Covariate	Case	Control	P value	OR (95%CI)
Gender (Male)	18 (81.8%)	31 (81.6%)	0.9	-
Gender (Female)	4 (18.2%)	7 (18.4%)	0.9	-
Age mean (SD)	45.27 (14.85)	47.21 (12.03)	0.58	-
MELD score (SD)	21.05 (6.78)	20.24 (5.54)	0.62	-
Pretransplant ICU stay	1.95 (0.22)	1.97 (0.16)	0.9	-
Duration of pretransplant ICU stay	2 (1)	1 (0)	0.27	-
Pretransplant creatinine	1.74 (1.03)	1.22 (0.47)	0.04	0.34 (0.13-0.87)
Pretransplant ventilator within 1 wk	-	1 (2.6%)	0.9	-
Pretransplant dialysis within 1 mo	-	1 (2.6%)	0.9	-
Pretransplant diabetes mellitus	12 (54.5%)	15 (39.5%)	0.26	-
Fulminant hepatic failure	6 (27.3%)	2 (5.3%)	0.18	-
Immunosuppressive agents (steroids)	2 (9.1%)	6 (15.8%)	0.08	-
Immunosuppressive agent (antimetabolites)	1 (4.5%)	1 (2.6%)	0.08	-
Immunosuppressive agent (steroids & antimetabolites)	1 (4.5%)	0	0.08	-
Immunosuppressive agent (steroids & calcineurin inhibitors)	1 (4.5%)	0	0.08	-
Immunosuppressive agent (no)	12 (54.5%)	31 (81.6%)	0.08	-
The pretransplant episode of documented bacterial peritonitis	3 (13.6%)	5 (13.2%)	0.9	-
Previous systemic antibiotic use of more than 14 consecutive days	5 (22.7%)	6 (15.8%)	0.51	-
Re transplantation	5 (22.7%)	3 (7.9%)	0.13	-

CI: Confidence interval; ICU: Intensive care unit; OR: Odds ratio; SD: Standard deviation.