doi:10.3748/wjg.v22.i25.5800engRíos, A.López-Navas, A. I.López-López, A. I.Gómez, F. J.Iriarte, J.Herruzo, R.Blanco, G.Llorca, F. J.Asunsolo, A.Sánchez-Gallegos, P.Gutiérrez, P. R.Fernández, A.De Jesús, M. T.Martínez-Alarcón, L.Lana, A.Fuentes, L.Hernández, J. R.Virseda, J.Yelamos, J.Bondía, J. A.Hernández, A. M.Ayala, M. A.Ramírez, P.Parrilla, P.Acceptance of living liver donation among medical students: A multicenter stratified study from SpainART-2016-96090AIM: To analyze the attitude of Spanish medical students toward living liver donation (LLD) and toestablish which factors have an influence on this attitude.METHODS: Study type: A sociological, interdisciplinary, multicenter and observational study. Study population: Medical students enrolled in Spain (n = 34000) in the university academic year 2010-2011. Sample size: A sample of 9598 students stratified by geographical area and academic year. Instrument used to measure attitude: A validated questionnaire (PCID-DVH RIOS) was self-administered and completed anonymously.Data collection procedure: Randomly selected medicalschools. The questionnaire was applied to each academic year at compulsory sessions. Statisticalanalysis: Student´s t test, ¿ 2 test and logistic regression analysis.RESULTS: The completion rate was 95.7% (n = 9275).89% (n = 8258) were in favor of related LLD, and 32% (n = 2937) supported unrelated LLD. The following variables were associated with having a more favorable attitude: (1) age (p = 0.008); (2) sex (p < 0.001); (3) academic year (p < 0.001); (4) geographical area (p = 0.013); (5) believing in the possibility of needinga transplant oneself in the future (p < 0.001); (6) attitude toward deceased donation (p < 0.001); (7) attitude toward living kidney donation (p < 0.001); (8) acceptance of a donated liver segment from a family member if one were needed (p < 0.001); (9) having discussed the subject with one''s family (p < 0.001) and friends (p < 0.001); (10) a partner''s opinion about the subject (p < 0.001); (11) carrying out activities of an altruistic nature; and (12) fear of the possible mutilation of the body after donation (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Spanish medical students have a favorable attitude toward LLD2016http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/6144610.3748/wjg.v22.i25.5800http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/61446oai:zaguan.unizar.es:61446WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 22, 25 (2016), 5800-5813by-nchttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess