Research Article

Comparing Long-Term Outcomes of Entecavir and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Liver Transplant Patients

Table 3

Baseline characteristics of recipients and donors after inverse probability of treatment weighting.

VariableEVT ()TDF ()SD value

Recipient age (years)0.040.701
Recipient gender (, % female)13.6%13.8%0.010.961
Recipient BMI (kg/m2)0.070.521
Recipient HCC (, %)4.59%46.8%0.020.853
Hypertension (, %)14.1%14.7%0.020.878
Diabetes mellitus (, %)16.2%17.9%0.040.668
MELD at transplantation0.000.992
Baseline eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)0.090.381
HBsAg (log10 U/mL)0.080.443
HBV DNA detectable42.8%44.2%0.030.780
Donor age (years)0.050.621
Donor gender (n, % female)15.8%17.8%0.050.604
Donor BMI (kg/m2)0.000.981
Cold ischemic time (hours)0.080.454
Duration of surgery (hours)0.050.685
Blood loss (100 mL)0.050.596
ABO incompatibility (, %)14.3%13.9%0.010.904
Recipient severe postoperative complications (, %)37.0%35.3%0.040.730

Abbreviations: ENT: entecavir; TDF: tenofovir; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; MELD: Model for End-stage Liver Disease; BMI: body mass index; HBV, hepatitis B; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; SD: Standardized difference; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.