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

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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for early allograft dysfunction after propensity scoring-matched (PSM) analysis

Variables	EAD (n = 45)	No EAD (n = 45)	P value (≤ 0.10)	Multivariate analysis
Variables	EAD (n = 45)	No EAD (n = 45)	P value (≤ 0.10)	OR	95% CI	p value
Child–Pugh class A/B/C (%), N (%)	24/14/7 (53.3/31.1/15.6)	21/22/2 (46.7/48.9/4.4)	0.085
SMD (HU), median (IQR)	44.4 (36.6–49.7)	45.8 (41.4–50.7)	0.059	3.84	1.23–12.00	0.020
VAT (cm²), median (IQR)	88.2 (59.1–141.8)	73.0 (30.1–122.7)	0.047	3.95	1.16–13.51	0.029
VSR, median (IQR)	0.93 (0.70–1.21)	0.80 (0.57–0.99)	0.042
IMAT (cm²), median (IQR)	3.3 (2.4–5.8)	2.5 (1.8–4.2)	0.042

The bold indicated the items with statistically significant difference
EAD, early allograft dysfunction; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; SMD, the mean attenuation of skeletal muscle; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; VSR, visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue area ratio; IMAT, intramuscular adipose tissue