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Table 4 Comparison of preoperative factors and postoperative outcomes between those with or without skeletal muscle depletion

From: Sex differences in postsurgical skeletal muscle depletion after donation of living-donor liver transplantation, although minimal, should not be ignored

 

Postoperative skeletal muscle depletion

(TPIpost < 95% of TPI pre)

Yes (n = 59)

No (n = 218)

p value

Age (years)

40.8 ± 13.2

36.7 ± 11.9

0.02

Age ≥ 45 / < 45 years

28 / 31

57 / 161

0.002

Sex Female / Male

39 / 20

105 / 113

0.01

Graft type RL / Non-RL

36 / 23

141 / 77

0.60

ELRR (%)

44.3 ± 10.8

46.3 ± 11.6

0.25

EBL/kg (ml/kg)

7.60 ± 3.88

7.32 ± 4.32

0.65

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

15.2 ± 4.4

14.0 ± 3.8

0.03

Postoperative complication ≥ C-D 3b

1 / 58

5 / 213

1.00

Ratio of splenic hypertrophy (%)

124.5 ± 18.7

127.8 ± 20.9

0.28

Ratio of postoperative Hgb decrease (%)

94.8 ± 7.9

95.6 ± 8.4

0.54

Ratio of postoperative Plt decrease (%)

88.7 ± 13.6

89.9 ± 15.9

0.63

Ratio of postoperative Alb decrease (%)

95.1 ± 6.0

93.0 ± 6.6

0.74

  1. Abbreviations: Alb albumin, C-D Clavien-Dindo, EBL estimated blood loss, ELRR estimated liver resection rate, Hgb haemoglobin, Plt platelet, RL right liver, TPI total psoas index