05 February 2021 : Original article
Analysis of Risk Factors Affecting Incidence of Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures in Liver Transplant Recipients
Senichiro Yanagawa1BCDEF, Hiroyuki Tahara1ADEFG*, Yuka Tanaka1B, Seiichi Shimizu1B, Masahiro Ohira1B, Kentaro Ide1B, Hideki Ohdan1DFGDOI: 10.12659/AOT.925475
Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e925475
Table 2 Characteristics of the patients in whom bone mineral density was assessed (n=45).
| Mean age (year) | 56.4 | |
| Sex | Male | 23 |
| Female | 22 | |
| Primary disease | HCC | 19 |
| HCV | 13 | |
| HBV | 6 | |
| Alcohol | 5 | |
| PBC | 3 | |
| PSC | 2 | |
| AIH | 2 | |
| NASH | 2 | |
| Wilson | 2 | |
| Others | 6 | |
| HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV – hepatitis C virus; HBV – hepatitis B virus; PBC – primary billary cirrhosis; PSC – primary sclerosing cholangitis; AIH – autoimmune hepatitis; NASH – non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. * Including multiple diseases. | ||