Patients’ demographics for the overall cohort
| Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) | ||||||||
| SIMD 1 (most deprived) (n=57) | SIMD 2 (n=66) | SIMD 3 (n=77) | SIMD 4 (n=60) | SIMD 5 (least deprived) (n=62) | Total (n=322) | P value | ||
| Quality of Life (SF-LDQOL) | Median (IQR) | 71.0 (62.0–82.0) | 74.0 (60.8–82.8) | 75.0 (66.0–86.0) | 79.0 (73.0–87.5) | 80.0 (69.8–87.8) | 77.0 (66.0–84.0) | 0.002 |
| Age (years) | Median (IQR) | 55.0 (45.0–62.0) | 57.5 (49.0–65.0) | 57.0 (47.0–66.0) | 61.5 (55.0–66.2) | 61.0 (55.0–64.0) | 59.0 (49.0–65.0) | 0.070 |
| Sex | Male | 34 (59.6) | 26 (39.4) | 47 (61.0) | 31 (51.7) | 38 (61.3) | 176 (54.7) | 0.053 |
| Female | 23 (40.4) | 40 (60.6) | 30 (39.0) | 29 (48.3) | 24 (38.7) | 146 (45.3) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Median (IQR) | 26.6 (23.3–31.2) | 27.2 (22.9–30.9) | 27.5 (24.0–30.1) | 26.7 (24.8–31.3) | 26.7 (23.5–30.2) | 26.8 (6.9) | 0.922 |
| Time since transplantation (years) | Median (IQR) | 2.2 (1.1–5.8) | 2.4 (0.9–6.4) | 3.7 (0.9–8.0) | 1.0 (0.5–3.9) | 2.7 (1.0–6.5) | 2.4 (0.8–6.1) | 0.021 |
| Primary liver disease | ALD | 15 (26.3) | 12 (18.2) | 17 (22.1) | 16 (26.7) | 13 (21.0) | 73 (22.7) | 0.938 |
| Cholestatic | 11 (19.3) | 19 (28.8) | 19 (24.7) | 13 (21.7) | 16 (25.8) | 78 (24.2) | ||
| Viral | 9 (15.8) | 8 (12.1) | 9 (11.7) | 8 (13.3) | 10 (16.1) | 44 (13.7) | ||
| NAFLD | 5 (8.8) | 4 (6.1) | 7 (9.1) | 9 (15.0) | 7 (11.3) | 32 (9.9) | ||
| Other | 17 (29.8) | 23 (34.8) | 25 (32.5) | 14 (23.3) | 16 (25.8) | 95 (29.5) | ||
| HCC status | No | 44 (77.2) | 51 (77.3) | 64 (83.1) | 48 (80.0) | 49 (79.0) | 256 (79.5) | 0.906 |
| Yes | 13 (22.8) | 15 (22.7) | 13 (16.9) | 12 (20.0) | 13 (21.0) | 66 (20.5) | ||
| MELD Score | <15 | 20 (35.1) | 13 (19.7) | 21 (27.3) | 21 (35.0) | 14 (22.6) | 89 (27.6) | 0.158 |
| 15–20 | 13 (22.8) | 19 (28.8) | 16 (20.8) | 11 (18.3) | 23 (37.1) | 82 (25.5) | ||
| >20 | 22 (38.6) | 33 (50.0) | 37 (48.1) | 26 (43.3) | 23 (37.1) | 141 (43.8) | ||
| Missing | 2 (3.5) | 1 (1.5) | 3 (3.9) | 2 (3.3) | 2 (3.2) | 10 (3.1) | ||
| Transplantation status | First transplant | 49 (86.0) | 59 (89.4) | 69 (89.6) | 56 (93.3) | 50 (80.6) | 283 (87.9) | 0.260 |
| Retransplanted | 8 (14.0) | 7 (10.6) | 8 (10.4) | 4 (6.7) | 12 (19.4) | 39 (12.1) | ||
| Type of organ | DBD-organ | 49 (86.0) | 56 (84.8) | 65 (84.4) | 50 (83.3) | 49 (79.0) | 269 (83.5) | 0.596 |
| DCD-organ | 6 (10.5) | 9 (13.6) | 10 (13.0) | 8 (13.3) | 13 (21.0) | 46 (14.3) | ||
| Missing | 2 (3.5) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.2) | ||
Data are percentages unless otherwise stated.
ALD, alcoholic liver disease; BMI, body mass index; DBD, donation after brainstem death; DCD, donation after circulatory death; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MELD, Model for End-stage Liver Disease; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; SF-LDQOL, Short Form of Liver Disease Quality of Life; SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.