Pediatric and adult liver transplantation in Bahrain: The experiences in a country with no available liver transplant facilities

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients underwent liver transplantation

Patient demography	Total, n = 167 (100)	Pediatric, n = 47 (28.1)	Adult, n = 120 (71.8)	P value
Sex				0.492a
Male	96 (57.5)	25 (53.2)	71 (59.7)
Female	71 (42.5)	22 (46.8)	49 (40.8)
Nationality				< 0.001a
Bahraini	152 (91.0)	36 (76.6)	116 (96.7)
Non-Bahraini	15 (9.0)	11 (23.4)	4 (3.3)
Governorate				0.369b
Northern	73 (43.7)	21 (44.7)	52 (43.3)
Capital	35 (20.9)	6 (12.8)	29 (24.2)
Southern	34 (20.4)	12 (25.5)	22 (18.3)
Muharraq	25 (15.0)	8 (17.0)	17 (14.2)
Age at transplant (yr)	50.0 (14.9-58.4)	3.7 (1.0-9.0)	55.2 (48.4-60.5)	< 0.001c
Weight at transplant (kg), (n = 83)	52 (15.0-70.0)	11.0 (7-23)	69 (52-80)	< 0.001c
Height at transplant (cm), (n = 75)	163 (138-169)	82.0 (69-120)	167 (159-172)	< 0.001c
Presence of associated diseases1	130/162 (80.3)	25 (53.2)	105/115 (91.3)	< 0.001a
Previous liver biopsy	67/145 (46.2)	20/46 (43.5)	47/99 (47.5)	0.722a
Previous surgeries	52/145 (35.9)	17/46 (37.0)	35/99 (35.4)	0.855a
Kasai procedure	11/145 (7.6)	10/46 (21.7)	1/99 (1.0)	< 0.001a
Other surgeries	45/145 (31.0)	10/46 (21.7)	35/99 (35.4)	0.124a
Family history of liver disease	38/145 (26.2)	17/46 (37)	21/99 (21.2)	0.067a
Follow up duration (yr)	6.5 (2.6-10.6)	8.1 (1.3-10.6)	6.1 (3.3-10.3)	0.976c
Number of overseas visits	3 (2.0-8.0)	4 (2.0-10.0)	3 (2.0-6.0)	0.299c

^aFisher’s exact test.

^bPearson’s χ² test.

^cMann-Whitney U test.

¹Supplementary Table 1. Data are presented as number and percentage or median and interquartile range. Boldface indicates a statistically significant difference with P < 0.05.