Post-transplant biliary complications using liver grafts from deceased donors older than 70 years: Retrospective case-control study

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of predictors of biliary complications

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value
Donor variables
Age (per year)	1.01 (0.93-1.10)	0.755	-	-
Sex (female)	0.33 (0.13-0.85)	0.021	0.27 (0.08-0.90)	0.033
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) (Y/N)	1.26 (0.44-3.64)	0.661	-	-
Cause of death
Cardiovascular vs trauma	0.55 (0.18-1.62)	0.143	-	-
Other causes vs trauma	1.44 (0.24-8.56)	0.420
Cardiac arrest (Y/N)	3.91 (1.14-13.30)	0.029	7.66 (1.52-38.61)	0.013
Donor hypertension (Y/N)	1.21 (0.48-3.04)	0.677	-	-
Donor diabetes (Y/N)	1.21 (0.42-3.47)	0.722	-	-
Platelets/mm3 (per unit)	1.00 (1.00-1.00)	0.031	1.00 (1.00-1.00)	0.141
Cold ischemia time (per min)	0.99 (0.99-1.00)	0.685	-	-
Recipient variables
Age (per year)	1.01 (0.96-1.06)	0.620	-	-
Sex (female)	0.55 (0.15-1.95)	0.357	-	-
Recipient hypertension (Y/N)	1.59 (0.58-4.32)	0.362	-	-
Recipient diabetes (Y/N)	1.68 (0.61-4.58)	0.309	-	-
HCC (Y/N)	1.13 (0.43-2.93)	0.792	-	-
MELD (per unit)	0.96 (0.88-1.05)	0.481	-	-
Total bilirubin (per unit)	0.63 (0.40-1.02)	0.160	-	-
Leukocytes/mm3 (per unit)	1.00 (1.00-1.00)	0.221	-	-
Prothrombin rate (%) (per unit)	1.01 (0.99-1.04)	0.195	-	-
PRBC transfusion (per unit)	1.02 (0.97-1.06)	0.332	-	-
Pre-LT major abdominal operations (Y/N)	2.80 (0.93-8.35)	0.064	3.08 (0.83-11.33)	0.090
Biliary reconstruction
Chol-Chol-with T-tube	3.61 (0.91-14.27)	0.486	-	-
RYHJ	4.41 (0.82-23-67)	0.342

BMI: Body mass index; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; LT: Liver transplantation; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; PRBC: Packed red blood cells; RYHJ: Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy.