The study included 86 patients who underwent liver transplant between March
2010 and February 2011. An oral glucose tolerance test was performed before the liver
transplant, and 6 and 12 months after. Beta cell function and insulin resistance were also
calculated, applying formulae that use basal plasma glycaemia and insulin, and plasma
glycaemia and insulin during an oral glucose tolerance test. Risk factors for pre- and posttransplant
diabetes were also studied. The diagnosis of diabetes was based on an OGTT.