Hepatic encephalopathy before and neurological complications after liver transplantation have no impact on the employment status 1 year after transplantation

Table 7 Comparison of patients not employed before and after orthotopic liver transplantation to patients not employed before but employed after orthotopic liver transplantation

n = 55	Not Employed before and after OLT (n = 45)	Not employed before but employed after OLT (n = 10)	P value
Age, median (range, min-max)	50 (28, 32-60)	41 (34, 26-60)	0.03
Sex (male/female)	30 (66.7%)/15	5 (50%)/5	0.47
Profession Academic/non-academic	5 (11.1%)/40	2 (20%)/8	0.6
labMELD median (range, min-max)	19 (33, 7-40)	20 (24, 8-32)	0.74
Aetiology of liver disease			0.2
PSC	11	3
PBC	0	1
Alcohol	8	1
HCV	6	1
HBV	10	1
AIH	0	0
M. Wilson	1	0
Others	9	3
History of HE (+/-)	23 (51.1%)/22	4 (40%)/6	0.73
Neurological complications (+/-)	25 (55.6%)/20	6 (60%)/4	1.0
PHES after OLT, median (min/max)	-1 (-10/+4) (n = 36)	0 (-5/+2) (n = 5)	0.63
CFF after OLT, mean ± SD	42.0 ± 4.0 (n = 33)	47.9 ± 5.2 (n = 5)	< 0.01
RBANS after OLT Immediate memory, mean ± SD	92.7 ± 19.0 (n = 34)	97.8 ± 22.9 (n = 4)	0.62
RBANS after OLT Visuospatial/constructional, median (range, min-max)	90.5 (55, 66-121) (n = 34)	84 (11, 78-89) (n = 4)	0.32
RBANS after OLT Language, mean ± SD	92.5 ± 14.8 (n = 34)	103.5 ± 10.3 (n = 4)	0.16
RBANS after OLT Attention, mean ± SD	89.7 ± 15.1 (n = 34)	104.0 ± 12.6 (n = 4)	0.08
RBANS after OLT Delayed memory, median (range, min-max)	96 (44, 75-119) (n = 34)	98.5 (34, 71-105) (n = 4)	1.0
RBANS after OLT Sum score, mean ± SD	461.9 ± 54.8 (n = 34)	482.3 ± 57.6 (n = 4)	0.49
RBANS after OLT Total scale, mean ± SD	89.9 ± 14.3 (n = 34)	95.0 ± 14.5 (n = 4)	0.51

P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; NS: Not specified; labMELD: Laboratory Model of End Stage Liver Disease; PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; HE: Hepatic encephalopathy; PHES: Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score; CFF: Critical flicker frequency; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status.