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ABSTRACT: Background & aims
In this study, we evaluate the effects of donor gender on post-liver transplant (LT) prognosis. We specifically consider patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).Methods
The 2005 to 2019 UNOS transplant registry was used to select patients with PBC. The study cohort was stratified by donor gender. All-cause mortality and graft failure hazards were compared using iterative Cox regression analysis. Subanalyses were performed to evaluate gender mismatch on post-LT prognosis.Results
There were 1885 patients with PBC. Of these cases, 965 entries had male donors and 920 had female donors. Median follow-up was 4.82 (25-75% IQR 1.83-8.93) years. Having a male donor was associated with higher all-cause mortality (aHR 1.28 95%CI 1.03-1.58) and graft failure (aHR 1.70 95%CI 1.02-2.82). Corresponding incidence rates were also relatively increased. In the sub-analysis of female recipients (n = 1581), those with gender-mismatch (male donors, n = 769) were associated with higher all-cause mortality (aHR 1.41 95%CI 1.11-1.78) but not graft failure. In the male recipient subanalysis (n = 304), no associations were found between gender-mismatch (female donors, n = 108) and all-cause mortality or graft failure.Conclusion
This study shows that recipients who have male donors experienced higher rates of all-cause mortality following LT. This finding was consistent in the female recipient-male donor mismatch cohort.
SUBMITTER: Lee DU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Lee David Uihwan DU Ponder Reid R Sandlow Sarah S Yoo Ashley A Lee Ki Jung KJ Chou Harrison H Fan Gregory Hongyuan GH Urrunaga Nathalie Helen NH
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver 20230419 9
<h4>Background & aims</h4>In this study, we evaluate the effects of donor gender on post-liver transplant (LT) prognosis. We specifically consider patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).<h4>Methods</h4>The 2005 to 2019 UNOS transplant registry was used to select patients with PBC. The study cohort was stratified by donor gender. All-cause mortality and graft failure hazards were compared using iterative Cox regression analysis. Subanalyses were performed to evaluate gender mismatch on p ...[more]