Research Article

Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders: Their Impact on Cardiovascular Events in Liver Transplant Patients

Table 2

Prevalence of metabolic alterations before and after liver transplantation.

Absent pre-OLT and post-OLTPresent pre-OLT and absent post-OLTPresent pre-OLT and present post-OLTAbsent pre-OLT and present post-OLT(de novo)
(Prevalent cases)(Incident cases)

Diabetes mellitus type 2
N (%)
189 (53.1)8 (2.2)85 (23.9)74 (20.8)
AR = 74/263 = 28.1%
Hypertension
N (%)
140 (39.3)6 (1.7)67 (18.8)143 (40.2)
AR = 143/283 = 50.5%
Dyslipidemia
N (%)
189 (53.1)3 (0.8)11 (3.1)153 (43)
AR = 153/342 = 44.7%
MAFLD
N (%)
179 (50.3)10 (2.8)10 (2.8)57 (16)
AR = 57/236 = 24.2%
Metabolic syndrome
N (%)
271 (84.2%)6 (1.9)11 (3.4)34 (10.6)
AR = 34/305 = 11.1%

AR, absolute risk: this measure was computed for incident cases, thus excluding prevalent cases at baseline.