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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2019; 25(15): 1879-1889
Published online Apr 21, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1879
Published online Apr 21, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1879
Table 1 Patient demographics (n = 258)
Patients characteristic | n (%)/mean ± SD/median (IQR) |
Demographic feature | |
Age, yr | 47.0 (39.0-56.0) |
Male, n (%) | 206 (79.8) |
Coexisting condition | |
Smoking, n (%) | 78 (30.2) |
Drinking, n (%) | 44 (17.1) |
Hypertension, n (%) | 19 (7.4) |
Diabetes, n (%) | 27 (10.5) |
Etiology | |
Hepatocellular carcinoma, n (%) | 87 (33.7) |
Viral hepatitis, n (%) | 200 (77.5) |
Alcoholic cirrhosis, n (%) | 8 (3.1) |
PBC and AIH, n (%) | 21 (8.2) |
Other, n (%) | 29 (11.2) |
Clinical feature | |
ALBI score | -1.78 (-2.40 - -1.33) |
MELD score | 15.5 (11.0-23.0) |
Child-Pugh grade | |
A, n (%) | 43 (16.7) |
B, n (%) | 94 (36.4) |
C, n (%) | 121 (46.9) |
Operation time (min) | 390.0 (332.5-436.5) |
Anhepatic phase (min) | 49 (44-58) |
Blood loss (mL) | 1500 (900-3000) |
Total input quantity (mL) | 6040 (4810-7810) |
Warm ischemia time (min) | 9 (8-10) |
Cold ischemia time (h) | 5 (4-6) |
Table 2 Baseline comparison between patients with different albumin-bilirubin grades
Variable | ALBI ≤ -1.48 (n = 173) | ALBI > -1.48 (n = 85) | P-value |
Demographic feature | |||
Age (yr) | 47 (39-55) | 47 (38-56) | 0.926 |
Male (Y/N) | 138/35 | 68/17 | 0.965 |
Coexisting condition | |||
Smoking (Y/N) | 52/121 | 26/59 | 0.931 |
Drinking (Y/N) | 26/147 | 18/67 | 0.217 |
Hypertension (Y/N) | 13/160 | 6/79 | 0.895 |
Diabetes (Y/N) | 15/158 | 12/73 | 0.179 |
Etiology | 0.025 | ||
HCC (Y/N) | 71/102 | 16/69 | < 0.001 |
Viral hepatitis | 143 | 57 | |
Alcoholic cirrhosis | 4 | 4 | |
PBC and AIH | 9 | 12 | |
Other | 17 | 12 | |
Hepatic feature | |||
MELD score | 14 (10-18) | 23 (17.5-28) | < 0.001 |
Child grade A/B/C | 42/80/51 | 1/14/70 | < 0.001 |
Preoperative laboratory value | |||
RBC (1012/L) | 3.40 (2.90-4.15) | 2.94 (2.49-3.32) | < 0.001 |
HGB (g/L) | 105.0 (88.0-130.0) | 95.00 (86.5-107.0) | 0.001 |
PLT (109/L) | 59.0 (38.5-103.0) | 45.0 (28.5-72.5) | 0.002 |
WBC (109/L) | 3.71 (2.55-5.36) | 4.31 (2.84-7.38) | 0.084 |
NEUT (109/L) | 2.33 (1.67-3.74) | 2.86 (1.80-5.90) | 0.044 |
LYMPH (109/L) | 0.70 (0.45-1.15) | 0.60 (0.41-0.95) | 0.189 |
MONO (109/L) | 0.28 (0.18-0.45) | 0.38 (0.22-0.57) | 0.011 |
AFP (μg/L) | 4.74 (2.73-16.30) | 3.50 (2.22-6.23) | 0.032 |
ALT (U/L) | 32.00 (22.00-47.00) | 38.00 (23.57-67.06) | 0.042 |
AST (U/L) | 41.50 (29.00-59.00) | 54.52 (34.05-102.00) | 0.001 |
TBIL (μmol/L) | 32.75 (17.67-54.83) | 105.48 (51.72-314.33) | < 0.001 |
DBIL (μmol/L) | 11.70 (5.87-27.00) | 50.70 (19.70-192.23) | < 0.001 |
ALB (g/L) | 37.20 (34.50-41.99) | 29.83 (26.95-32.11) | < 0.001 |
BUN (mmol/L) | 4.39 (3.59-6.21) | 5.07 (3.87-7.32) | 0.077 |
CRE (μmol/L) | 58.00 (48.00-68.85) | 61.88 (48.15-82.00) | 0.199 |
GLU (mmol/L) | 5.60 (4.91-6.91) | 6.06 (5.03-8.40) | 0.062 |
PT (s) | 17.20 (15.05-19.15) | 20.70 (18.05-24.30) | < 0.001 |
APTT (s) | 42.40 (39.15-47.70) | 49.10 (43.25-54.75) | < 0.001 |
INR | 1.41 (1.20-1.60) | 1.74 (1.49-2.27) | < 0.001 |
Table 3 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of overall survival
Variable | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
P-value | OR (95%CI) | P-value | OR (95%CI) | |
ALBI grade | 0.002 | 3.923 (1.495-5.716) | 0.036 | 2.290 (1.057-4.963) |
MELD grade | 0.192 | 2.002 (0.706-5.676) | ||
Child-Pugh grade | ||||
A | Reference | |||
B | 0.713 | 0.815 (0.273-2.431) | ||
C | 0.451 | 1.456 (0.548-3.868) | ||
Age | 0.537 | 1.010 (0.978-1.044) | ||
Sex | 0.233 | 0.629 (0.294-1.347) | ||
Drinking | 0.266 | 1.565 (0.711-3.447) | ||
Smoking | 0.931 | 0.968 (0.465-2.017) | ||
Diabetes | 0.791 | 0.852 (0.261-2.785) | ||
Hypertension | 0.576 | 1.402 (0.428-4.587) | ||
HCC | 0.972 | 1.013 (0.504-2.035) | ||
Disease time | 0.470 | 1.014 (0.977-1.051) | ||
RBC | 0.282 | 0.794 (0.522-1.208) | ||
HGB | 0.617 | 0.997 (0.987-1.008) | ||
PLT | 0.054 | 1.004 (1.000-1.008) | 0.048 | 1.005 (1.000-1.011) |
WBC | 0.002 | 1.097 (1.034-1.165) | 0.481 | 1.034 (0.942-1.134) |
NEUT | 0.494 | 1.010 (0.981-1.041) | ||
LYMPH | 0.615 | 1.071 (0.821-1.397) | ||
MONO | 0.457 | 1.106 (0.849-1.441) | ||
AFP | 0.085 | 1.000 (1.000-1.000) | 0.391 | 1.000 (1.000-1.000) |
ALT | 0.002 | 1.001 (1.000-1.001) | 0.278 | 1.000 (1.000-1.001) |
AST | < 0.001 | 1.001 (1.001-1.002) | 0.418 | 1.000 (0.999-1.002) |
BUN | 0.395 | 1.022 (0.972-1.075) | ||
CRE | 0.002 | 1.005 (1.002-1.008) | 0.027 | 1.005 (1.001-1.026) |
GLU | 0.575 | 0.959 (0.830-1.109) | ||
PT | 0.181 | 1.034 (0.985-1.086) | ||
INR | 0.127 | 1.336 (0.921-1.937) | ||
APTT | 0.028 | 1.013 (1.001-1.024) | 0.028 | 1.014 (1.001-1.026) |
Operation time | 0.007 | 1.005 (1.001-1.009) | 0.182 | 1.003 (0.999-1.008) |
Warm ischemia time | 0.750 | 0.970 (0.803-1.171) | ||
Cold ischemia time | 0.145 | 1.192 (0.941-1.509) |
Table 4 Postoperative complications according to albumin-bilirubin grade
Complication | Low ALBI grade(n = 173) | High ALBI grade(n = 85) | P-value |
Total complications (Y/N) | 115/58 | 74/11 | < 0.001 |
Pneumonia (Y/N) | 51/122 | 33/52 | 0.132 |
AKI (Y/N) | 79/94 | 57/28 | 0.001 |
Biliary complication (Y/N) | 11/162 | 14/71 | 0.010 |
Porta vein thrombosis (Y/N) | 3/170 | 0/85 | 0.546 |
Rejection (Y/N) | 10/163 | 2/83 | 0.361 |
Intraabdominal bleeding (Y/N) | 8/165 | 13/72 | 0.003 |
Coma for 24 h (Y/N) | 1/172 | 4/81 | 0.075 |
Mechanical ventilation for 72 h (Y/N) | 1/172 | 3/82 | 0.205 |
Septicemia (Y/N) | 0/173 | 3/82 | 0.013 |
MOF (Y/N) | 1/172 | 4/81 | 0.075 |
In-hospital mortality (Y/N) | 3/170 | 4/81 | 0.330 |
SIRS (Y/N) | 45/128 | 26/59 | 0.439 |
CCI, median (IQR) | 29.60 (8.70-36.65) | 36.20 (23.40-49.75) | < 0.001 |
Postoperative hospital stay, median days (IQR) | 17.00 (13.50-24.00) | 19.00 (12.50-25.00) | 0.514 |
- Citation: Ma T, Li QS, Wang Y, Wang B, Wu Z, Lv Y, Wu RQ. Value of pretransplant albumin-bilirubin score in predicting outcomes after liver transplantation. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(15): 1879-1889
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i15/1879.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1879