Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: MATERIALS AND METHODS: RESULTS: Age and Child score are independent risk factors for the development of gallstone disease (GD). The average age of the recipients in the GD group was 49.22±9.96 years, which was significantly higher than that in the GD-free group (48.23±9.79 years). The Child score of the recipients in the GD group was 9.21±2.47, which was significantly lower than that of the recipients in the GD-free group, which was 8.79±2.48 (t=3.23, p<0.001). We also found that hepatitis B is an influential factor in GD. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of gallstones among liver transplant recipients is related to the Child score and patient age. The prevalence of GD is lower in patients with HCC and in those who are HBV positive and is relatively higher in HCV-positive patients and in those with alcoholic cirrhosis, although no significant differences were found.
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Authors | Rui Shi, Zhong Yang Shen, Da Hong Teng, Wei Ping Zheng, Zhi Jun Zhu, Yong Lin Deng, Cheng Pan, Zhongping Tian, Hong Zheng |
Journal | The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
(Turk J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 26
Issue 5
Pg. 429-34
(Sep 2015)
ISSN: 2148-5607 [Electronic] Turkey |
PMID | 26350690
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- China
(epidemiology)
- End Stage Liver Disease
(surgery)
- Female
- Gallstones
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Incidence
- Liver Transplantation
(adverse effects)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Transplant Recipients
- Young Adult
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