close to significancep = 0.05
The comparison between SOTRs positive for any HEV marker and negative ones showed that those positive were significantly older; organ donations came more often from deceased donors, but this difference was only close to significance ( p = 0.05); between the two groups there were no differences regarding sex, region of residence, presence of comorbidities, type of transplanted organ, biochemical parameters and immunosuppressive medications ( Table 1 ). 3.2.