Long-term outcomes after liver transplantation in the Hispanic population.

Pedro Ochoa-Allemant Ghideon Ezaz Hirsh D TrivediLady Sanchez-FernandezAlan Bonder

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)

Hispanics have similar or better long-term post-LT outcomes compared to non-Hispanic whites despite a worse pretransplant risk factor profile. Further research is needed to clarify if this survival advantage reflects uncaptured protective factors or more stringent transplant selection in the Hispanic population.

Keyphrases

african american
risk factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
weight loss