Predictive factors of ulcerative colitis (UC) course after orthotopic liver transplantion (OLT) for primary sclerosing colangitis (PSC) compared with the UC course during the period up to five years before transplantation
| UC activity after OLT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | Same–Quiescent | Worse–Active | p Value |
| Sex (M/F) | 4/4 | 7/1 | 0.28 |
| Age (years) at OLT | 42 (12) | 30 (11) | 0.11 |
| Age (years) at UC diagnosis | 31 (12) | 22 (6) | 0.11 |
| Median (range) duration of UC (months) | 86 (3-480) | 85 (2-250) | 0.64 |
| Median (range) duration of PSC (months) | 47 (12-360) | 60 (3-164) | 0.94 |
| Pretransplant UC course (n) | 0.08 | ||
| Quiescent | 8 | 4 | |
| Active | 0 | 4 | |
| Immunosuppression (n) | 0.64 | ||
| Cyclosporin | 3 | 2 | |
| Cyclosporin3-150+azathioprine | 5 | 63-150 | |
↵3-150 One patient was on tacrolimus.