Impact of transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt on post liver transplantation outcomes: Study based on the United Network for Organ Sharing database

Table 5 Ordinary least squares regression to assess the impact of transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt on length of hospital stay after liver transplant

Variable	β (95%CI)	P-values
TIPS	2.16 (0.92-3.38)	0.001
Male candidate	-1.99 (-2.52-1.46)	< 0.001
Candidate race
White	Ref.
Black	-1.58 (-2.46-0.69)	< 0.001
Other	0.11 (-0.53-0.77)	0.72
Diabetes mellitus	0.52 (-0.05-1.10)	0.07
ALD	0.17 (-0.44-0.79)	0.57
Hepatic encephalopathy
None	Ref.
Grade 1-2	-0.10 (-0.66-0.46)	0.73
Grade 3-4	3.46 (2.37-4.55)	< 0.001
Age	0.09 (0.06-0.11)	< 0.001
MELD score	0.37 (0.31-0.44)	< 0.001
Creatinine	0.05 (-0.21-0.31)	0.71
Bilirubin	0.03 (-0.008-0.08)	0.1
INR	-1.06 (-1.50-0.61)	< 0.001
Albumin	-0.63 (-1.01-0.24)	0.001
BMI	-0.05 (-0.100-0.01)	0.01
Cold ischemia time	0.36 (0.29-0.43)	< 0.001
Constant	7.83 (5.38-10.27)	< 0.001

TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt; ALD: Alcoholic liver disease; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; INR: International normalized ratio; BMI: Body mass index.