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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2023 Mar 7;379:24–32. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.03.014

Table 3.

Factors Associated With All-Cause Death and/or Re-Transplantation

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis


HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value

Recipient Age, per 1 yr 1.02 0.98–1.04 0.46
Donor Cytomegalovirus IgG Positive (%) 1.57 0.64–4.20 0.33
Diabetes at Baseline 1.82 0.52–5.05 0.32
Hypertension at Baseline 0.33 0.05–1.18 0.09
Hyperlipidemia at Baseline 0.54 0.16–1.50 0.25
Total Cholesterol at 1 yr, per 1 mg/dl 1.01 0.996–1.02 0.16
Triglycerides at 1 yr, per 1 mg/dl 1.00 0.997–1.00 0.58
Insulin Use 1.80 0.67–4.40 0.23
LVEF at 1 yr, per −1% 0.98 0.93–1.03 0.38
Acute Cellular Rejection Grade ≥2R During the First Year 4.36 1.79–10.96 0.002 3.49 1.30–9.80 0.01
rATG 0.38 0.02–2.25 0.32
Tacrolimus 0.24 0.04–0.89 0.03 0.22 0.03–0.82 0.02
Sirolimus 2.24 0.86–6.50 0.09
Female Donor 1.94 0.75–4.72 0.17
Donor-recipient Sex Mismatch 0.37 0.06–1.28 0.13
Tansplant-period (2002 – 2007 vs. 2008 – 2013) 1.74 0.44–8.53 0.44
Donor Atherosclerosis (MIT at Baseline ≥ 0.5mm) 0.65 0.27–1.59 0.34
Baseline Vessel Volume, per 1% 1.00 0.89–1.13 0.97
Baseline Lumen Volume, per 1% 1.02 0.89–1.17 0.77
Baseline Intimal volume, per 1% 0.92 0.64–1.22 0.58
Increase in MIT ≥0.5mm During the First Year 1.46 0.53–5.17 0.49
Delta Vessel Volume During the First Year
 Entire 0.95 0.92–0.99 0.01
 Proximal 0.97 0.94–0.998 0.04
 Middle 0.97 0.94–1.01 0.11
 Distal 0.96 0.93–0.99 0.007 0.96 0.87–1.05 0.38
Delta Lumen Volume During the First Year
 Entire 0.95 0.92–0.99 0.005
 Proximal 0.97 0.94–0.995 0.02
 Middle 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.08
 Distal 0.96 0.93–0.99 0.007 1.00 0.92–1.10 0.99
Delta Intimal Volume During the First Year
 Entire 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.48
 Proximal 1.00 1.00–1.01 0.32
 Middle 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.52
 Distal 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.89
MB 3.80 1.27–16.30 0.01 5.06 1.65–22.17 0.003

All variables with a p-value ≤0.05 on univariate analysis were included in multivariate analysis.

CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; MIT = maximum intimal thickness; other abbreviations as in Table 1.