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01.08.2013 | Original article
New-onset diabetes mellitus developing in Asian adult living donor liver transplant recipients: a single-center experience
Erschienen in: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | Ausgabe 6/2013
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Background
New-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) after liver transplantation is a common complication with a potentially negative impact on patient outcome.
Methods
To evaluate the incidence of NODM and its impact on Asian adult living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients, we investigated 369 adult LDLT cases in our institute.
Results
Preoperative diabetes mellitus (DM) was diagnosed in 38 (9 %) patients. NODM was observed in 128/331 (38 %) patients, 56 (44 %) with persistent NODM and 72 (56 %) with transient NODM. The mean interval between LDLT and the development of NODM was 0.6 ± 1.8 (range 0–1.4) months. Multivariate analyssis revealed that older age, being male and having a higher body mass index were independent risk factors among recipients for developing NODM, while hepatitis C virus infection was not a significant risk factor, and DM had no impact on patient outcome.
Conclusions
Although the long-term effect of DM on outcome remains to be investigated, the presence of DM after liver transplant, whether it was NODM or preexisting DM, had no impact on LDLT recipients’ outcomes in mid-term.