Analysis of infections in the first 3-month after living donor liver transplantation

Table 3 Univariate analysis for risk factors for postoperative fungal infection

Variables	Infected	No infected	P value
Donor variables
Age (yr)	37.00 ± 7.76	34.73 ± 10.08	0.507
Gender (female)	4	74	0.739
BMI (kg/m2)	21.64 ± 2.27	23.02 ± 2.54	0.110
Recipient variables
Age > 45 yr	5	62	0.153
Gender (female)	1	26	0.860
BMI (kg/m2)	21.44 ± 2.80	22.56 ± 3.16	0.295
MELD score	20.11 ± 9.35	16.23 ± 9.85	0.248
Renal dysfunction	1	15	0.698
Diabetes mellitus	0	9	0.513
Starting albumin level < 2.8 g/dL	3	39	0.391
Starting total bilirubin level	2	25	0.332
Starting INR level	1.91 ± 0.55	1.69 ± 1.43	0.650
Hyponatremia	3	16	0.010
Graft variables
GRWR (%)	0.93 ± 0.21	0.94 ± 0.18	0.886
Intraoperative variables
Massive RBCs transfusion	6	37	0.003
FFP transfusion > 10 units	4	45	0.220
Postoperative variables
Bile leak	1	15	0.698
Rejection	0	5	0.629
Hyperglycemia	2	13	0.076
ICU stay > 9 d	5	98	0.748
Postoperative bacterial infection	6	23	0.000

BMI: Body mass index; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; INR: International normalized ratio; GRWR: Graft to recipient weight ratio; RBC: Red blood cell; FFP: Fresh frozen plasma; ICU: Intensive care unit.