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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Outcome of gastric emptying and gastrointestinal symptoms after liver transplantation for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

 

Responded study questionnaires

p value

Yes

No

(n = 77)

(n = 15)

Gender (males)

55.8%

66.7%

0.44

Late onset (≥50 years)

39.0%

26.7%

0.37

TTR V30M mutation

98.7%

93.3%

0.19

Age at onset (years)

47.3 (24.1-66.0)

39.5 (22.1-65.5)

0.07

Age at LTx (years)

50.1 (29.6-69.2)

42.4 (25.2-67.9)

0.08

Disease duration at LTx (years)

3.3 (0.5-12.1)

3.1 (1.9-9.0)

0.61

T50 pre LTx (min)

118 (48–350)

122 (56–235)

0.81

Total GI symptom score pre LTx

7 (0–35)

5.5 (0–21)

0.39

mBMI pre LTx

993 (550–1447)

973 (796–1320)

0.67

Age at study start (years)

58.9 (35.1-75.6)

53.3 (41.7-75.5)

0.12

  1. Data shown are medians (min-max) and p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant. LTx: liver transplantation, mBMI: modified body mass index, n: number of subjects, T50: gastric emptying half-time, TTR: transthyretin.