Research Article

BAR Score Performance in Predicting Survival after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, laboratory, operative, and survival data.

n = 146Mean ± SD, n (%)

Demographics
 Age (years)52.45 ± 8.54
 Sex n (%)
  Males87 (59.6)
  Females59 (40.4)
Etiology of liver disease
 HCV125 (85.6)
 HBV6 (4.1)
 Combined HCV and HBV3 (2)
 NAFLD5 (3.4)
 AIH3 (2)
 Others4 (2.7)
Clinical data
 BMI (kg/m2)25.47 ± 3.18
 Preexisting DM31 (21.2)
 Preexisting HT9 (6.2)
 Life support20 (13.7)
 ICU stay9.79 ± 3.40
 Total hospital stay24.79 ± 5.65
 HCC37 (25.3)
Laboratory data and scores
 Albumin (gm/dL)2.58 ± 0.78
 Bilirubin (mg/dL)3.67 ± 5.51
 INR1.40 ± 0.30
 Creatinine (mg/dL)0.98 ± 0.26
 AST (IU/L)66.37 ± 17.50
 ALT (IU/L)40.96 ± 10.79
 Hb (gm/dL)11.06 ± 1.13
 WBC (×10³/mm³)5.00 ± 1.45
 Platelets (×10³/mm³)172.87 ± 127.85
 MELD score14.45 ± 5.0
 BAR score7.58 ± 3.83
 Donor age (years)26.45 ± 6.06
Operative data
 Graft weight (gm)870.0 ± 15.0
 GRWR1.05 ± 0.15
 CIT (minutes)61.81 ± 25.49
 WIT (minutes)53.01 ± 16.20
 TOT (hours)13.88 ± 3.00
 Blood transfusion (units)5.17 ± 4.64
Survival data
 Three-month survival130 (89)
 One-year survival115 (78.8)
 Five-year survival105 (72)

BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Hb, hemoglobin; WBC, white blood count; HCV, hepatitis C virus; INR, international normalized ratio.