Retransplantation for graft failure in chronic hepatitis C infection: A good use of a scarce resource?

Table 2 Characteristics of those patients undergoing retransplatation (mean ± SD) n (%)

Characteristic	First graft failed due to		P-value
	Recurrent disease	Other reasons
n	34	46
Recipient age (yr)	50.0 ± 8.16	53.1 ± 8.14	0.090
Recipient blood group
O	11 (32.3)	18 (39.1)	0.800
A	16 (47.1)	18 (39.1)
B	4 (11.8)	7 (15.2)
AB	3 (8.8)	3 (6.5)
Recipient gender, male	27 (79.4)	33 (71.7)	0.400
Recipient height (cm)	173.3 ± 9.72	169.6 ± 9.94	0.090
Recipient weight (kg)	81.0 ± 13.93	77.6 ± 17.48	0.400
HCV group for first graft
HCV alone	25 (73.5)	24 (52.2)
HCV + HCC	3 (8.8)	16 (34.8)	0.030
HCV + ALD	6 (17.6)	6 (13.0)
MELD score	19.9 ± 5.08	22.1 ± 10.79	0.280
Year of first graft
1994-2000	23 (67.6)	22 (47.8)	0.080
2001-2007	11 (32.4)	24 (52.2)
Year of second graft
1994-1998	7 (20.6)	14 (30.4)	0.060
1999-2003	13 (38.2)	24 (52.2)
2004-2007	14 (41.2)	8 (17.4)
Cold ischemia time (h)	11.9 ± 2.61	9.7 ± 3.29	0.020
Hospitalization status, Outpatient	19 (55.9)	4 (8.7)	< 0.001
Time from first graft to second graft (yr)	2.8 ± 2.17	0.38 ± 1.03	< 0.001
Donor organ appearance, normal	28 (82.4)	40 (87.0)	0.600

SD: Standard deviation; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; ALD: Alcoholic liver disease.