Differential distribution of symptoms between long-term and short-term liver transplant patients
| Symptoms, n (%) | Overall | Long-term transplant recipient | P value | Very-short term transplant recipient | P value | ||
| No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Sex, male | 40 (70) | 19 (48) | 21 (53) | 0.561 | 10 (25%) | 30 (75%) | 0.146 |
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 65 (57–70) | 59 (53–65) | 68 (61–76) | <0.001 | 55 (52–70) | 65 (59–72) | 0.058 |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 26.0±4.6 | 26.1±4.6 | 25.7±5.1 | 0.563 | 26.8±5.7 | 25.3±3.6 | 0.043 |
| Fever | 44 (79) | 15 (63) | 29 (91) | 0.005 | 6 (55) | 38 (84) | 0.045 |
| Cough | 31 (55) | 11 (46) | 20 (63) | 0.280 | 3 (27) | 28 (62) | 0.048 |
| Dyspnoea | 26 (46) | 7 (29) | 19 (59) | 0.032 | 3 (27) | 23 (51) | 0.192 |
| Fatigue | 32 (56) | 11 (44) | 21 (66) | 0.117 | 4 (36) | 28 (61) | 0.184 |
| Conjunctivitis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Anosmia/dysgeusia | 4 (7) | 0 | 4 (13) | 0.131 | 0 | 4 (9) | 0.573 |
| GI | 18 (33) | 6 (25) | 12 (38) | 0.394 | 1 (9) | 17 (38) | 0.084 |
| Other | 8 (14) | 3 (13) | 5 (16) | 1.000 | 1 (9) | 7 (16) | 1.000 |