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

Table 7 Univariate and multivariate analysis of the selected predictors of outcome of liver transplantation

Variable	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value
Male sex	0.483 (0.207-1.128)	0.093	0.617 (0.127-2.999)	0.549
Bahraini nationality	0.363 (0.046-2.886)	0.338	2.001 (0.124-32.414)	0.625
Governorate (Northern vs others)	0.774 (0.328-1.823)	0.558	0.912 (0.179-4.652)	0.912
Age at LT (yr)	0.980 (0.960-1.001)	0.059	1.047 (0.955-1.148)	0.329
Age group (pediatrics vs adults)	0.561 (0.198-1.588)	0.276	0.073 (0.001-8.750)	0.284
Weight at LT (kg)	1.009 (0.990-1.029)	0.362	1.047 (0.965-1.136)	0.268
Height at LT (cm)	1.007 (0.994-1.022)	0.293	1.000 (0.969-1.032)	0.989
Presence of associated diseases	0.346 (0.077-1.560)	0.167	1.131 (0.136-9.415)	0.909
Related versus unrelated donor	1.865 (0.225-15.447)	0.563	1.979 (0.149-26.338)	0.605
Hepatitis C virus	1.494 (0.526-4.249)	0.451	0.275 (0.026-2.914)	0.284
Biliary atresia	0.779 (0.206-2.949)	0.713	1.474 (0.124-17.462)	0.759
Presence of complications	0.601 (0.153-2.368)	0.467	0.222 (0.020-2.458)	0.220
LT countries (Middle East versus others)	2.096 (0.784-5.602)	0.140	2.699 (0.383-19.017)	0.319

CI: Confidence interval; LT: Liver transplant.