Statin, aspirin and metformin use and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma related outcomes following liver transplantation: A retrospective study

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World J Transplant. Sep 18, 2024; 14(3): 94914
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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis for the composite endpoint of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence or all-cause mortality

	Univariate analysis	P value	Multivariate analysis	P value
Variables
Sex	1.94 (95%CI: 0.79-4.76)	0.15	2.02 (95%CI: 0.82-4.96)	0.12
Age at LT	1.03 (95%CI: 1.00-1.06)	0.10	1.02 (95%CI: 0.98-1.05)	0.33
Aetiology of liver disease
HBV	1.33 (95%CI: 0.72-2.44)	0.37
HCV	1.21 (95%CI: 0.70-2.10)	0.50
NAFLD	0.97 (95%CI: 0.39-2.41)	0.95
Statin use	1.20 (95%CI: 0.59-2.41)	0.62	1.16 (95%CI: 0.58-2.30)	0.67
Aspirin use	1.01 (95%CI: 0.22-4.61)	0.99	1.21 (95%CI: 0.28-5.27)	0.80
Metformin use	0.68 (95%CI: 0.31-1.50)	0.34	0.61 (95%CI: 0.27-1.36)	0.23
Statins, aspirin or metformin use¹	1.10 (95%CI: 0.60-2.01)	0.76	1.06 (95%CI: 0.56-1.91)	0.85
MTORi use	1.14 (95%CI: 0.59-2.21)	0.70	0.81 (95%CI: 0.43-1.53)	0.51
Pre LT co-morbidities
Diabetes	1.08 (95%CI: 0.61-1.93)	0.79
Stroke	0.98 (95%CI: 0.14-7.02)	0.99
Hypertension	0.68 (95%CI: 0.35-1.33)	0.26
Obesity	0.68 (95%CI: 0.37-1.26)	0.22
Ischaemic heart disease	2.08 (95%CI: 0.52-8.22)	0.27
Total cholesterol mmol/L	0.58 (95%CI: 0.30-1.12)	0.11
Other variables
Microvascular invasion	3.54 (95%CI: 1.97-6.34)	< 0.01	2.82 (95%CI: 1.51-5.27)	< 0.01
Pre-LT AFP ≥ 100 ng/mL pre-LT	3.04 (95%CI: 1.53-6.02)	< 0.01	2.73 (95%CI: 1.38-5.40)	< 0.01
Pre-LT Regional treatments ≥ 3	1.26 (95%CI: 0.73-2.18)	0.41
Pre-LT size of largest lesion ≥ 3 cm	1.62 (95%CI: 0.93-2.83)	0.092	1.50 (95%CI: 0.86-2.61)	0.16
Beyond Milan	2.06 (95%CI: 1.19-3.56)	0.01
Beyond up-to-7	2.25 (95%CI: 1.23-4.10)	< 0.01	1.68 (95%CI: 0.94-2.99)	0.077
Complete response at LT	0.77 (95%CI: 0.43-1.38)	0.38

¹Multivariate analysis performed separately with the composite variable of statins, aspirin or metformin use included a priori.

Hypertension Systolic Blood Pressure > 140 mmHg. HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; AFP: Alfa-fetoprotein; BMI: Body mass index; MTORi: Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor; LT: Liver transplantation.

Citation: Chung W, Wong K, Ravindranayagam N, Tang L, Grace J, Wong D, Con D, Sinclair M, Majumdar A, Kutaiba N, Hui S, Gow P, Muralidharan V, Dobrovic A, Testro A. Statin, aspirin and metformin use and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma related outcomes following liver transplantation: A retrospective study. World J Transplant 2024; 14(3): 94914
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v14.i3.94914