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Table 4 Patients characteristics and serum levels of succinate post- hepatic transplantation

From: Succinate causes pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through GPR91 activation

Study characteristics

Number patients, n

8

Median age, years

46 ± 7*

Pathological condition

Number of patients

Cirrhosis due to hepatitis C

4

Cirrhosis due to Wilson disease

2

Cirrhosis due to alchohol and hepatocellular carcinoma

1

Cirrhosis due hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma

1

Total

8

Median blood levels succinate (mmol/L)

Median (mmol/L)

1 hour post transplantation

1.90 ± 0.2*

6 hours post transplantation

2.36 ± 0.3*

  1. *The results are expressed as mean ± S.E.M.