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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for early allograft dysfunction (EAD)

From: High visceral adipose tissue area is independently associated with early allograft dysfunction in liver transplantation recipients: a propensity score analysis

Variables

EAD

(n = 55)

No EAD

(n = 120)

p value

(≤ 0.10)

Multivariate analysis

OR

95% CI

p value

Gender (M/F), N (%)

49/6 (89.1/10.9)

93/27 (77.5/22.5)

0.069

   

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

23.2 (20.8–24.9)

22.0 (19.9–24.2)

0.019

   

Albumin (g/L), median (IQR)

35.4 (31.4–39.2)

37.1 (32.6–41.4)

0.085

0.34

0.17–0.70

0.004

PLR, median (IQR)

104.43 (65.77–170.0)

84.61 (51.68–132.48)

0.100

2.35

1.18–4.79

0.018

SMA (cm2), median (IQR)

143.4 (123.0–166.2)

132.2 (109.4–156.2)

0.075

   

SAT (cm2), median (IQR)

109.3 (76.0–149.2)

84.6 (49.5–128.4)

0.013

   

VAT (cm2), median (IQR)

101.0 (61.3–157.0)

69.6 (39.1–108.0)

 < 0.001

3.17

1.56–6.43

0.001

VSR, median (IQR)

0.95 (0.71–1.22)

0.86 (0.60–1.08)

0.084

   

IMAT (cm2), median (IQR)

3.4 (2.4–6.0)

2.9 (1.9–5.2)

0.068

   
  1. The bold indicated the items with statistically significant difference
  2. EAD, early allograft dysfunction; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; PLR, platelet–lymphocyte ratio; SMA, skeletal muscle area; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; VSR, visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue area ratio; IMAT, intramuscular adipose tissue
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