Differences in parents of pediatric liver transplantation and chronic liver disease patients

Table 1 Comparison of liver transplantation and chronic liver disease groups in terms of demografic and social parameters, n (%)

Parameters	LT group	CLD group	Total	P value
Gender				0.2481
Male	57 (62.6)	51 (54.3)	108 (58.4)
Female	34 (37.4)	43 (45.7)	77 (41.6)
Children				0.0831
One	7 (7.8)	13 (13.8)	20 (10.9)
Two	23 (25.6)	23 (24.5)	46 (25.0)
Three	18 (20.0)	29 (30.9)	47 (25.5)
Four or More	42 (46.7)	29 (30.9)	71 (38.6)
Career				< 0.0012
Employed	20 (22.0)	50 (53.2)	70 (37.8)
Unemployed	69 (75.8)	42 (44.7)	111 (60.0)
Retired	2 (2.2)	2 (2.1)	4 (2.2)
Monthly income				0.0161
Low (< 1000)	23 (25.3)	25 (26.6)	48 (25.9)
Middle (1000-3000)	64 (70.3)	53 (56.4)	117 (63.2)
High (> 3000)	4 (4.4)	16 (17.0)	20 (10.8)
Residence place				0.6701
Village	21 (23.1)	21 (22.3)	42 (22.7)
Town	26 (28.6)	22 (23.4)	48 (25.9)
City center	44 (48.4)	51 (54.3)	95 (51.4)
Educational level				0.0411
Elementary school	58 (63.7)	45 (47.9)	103 (55.7)
Middle school	10 (11.0)	20 (21.3)	30 (16.2)
High school	17 (18.7)	15 (16.0)	32 (17.3)
University	6 (6.6)	14 (14.9)	20 (10.8)
House where parents live				0.5551
Rental	59 (64.8)	57 (60.6)	116 (62.7)
Owner	32 (35.2)	37 (39.4)	69 (37.3)
Social assurance				0.9201
Yes	75 (82.4)	78 (83.0)	153 (82.7)
No	16 (17.6)	16 (17.0)	32 (17.3)

¹Pearson χ².

²Fisher’s Exact. LT group: Pediatric liver transplant patients; CLD group: Pediatric chronic liver disease patients.