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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 4.

Factors Associated With Cardiac Death and/or Re-Transplantation

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis


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

Recipient Age, per 1 yr 0.97 0.95–0.998 0.03 0.97 0.93–1.00 0.051
Donor Cytomegalovirus IgG Positive (%) 1.20 0.42–3.64 0.74
Diabetes at Baseline 1.13 0.18–4.17 0.87
Hypertension at Baseline 0.24 0.01–1.21 0.09
Hyperlipidemia at Baseline 0.33 0.05–1.23 0.11
Total Cholesterol at 1 yr, per 1 mg/dl 1.01 0.99–1.02 0.22
Triglycerides at 1 yr, per 1 mg/dl 1.00 0.995–1.00 0.96
Insulin Use 1.85 057–5.38 0.28
LVEF at 1 yr, per −1% 0.99 0.94–1.06 0.76
Acute Cellular Rejection Grade ≥2R During the First Year 2.61 0.85–7.61 0.09
rATG 0.91 0.04–7.22 0.93
Tacrolimus 0.41 0.06–1.59 0.22
Sirolimus 3.28 1.11–9.68 0.03 3.68 0.99–14.40 0.052
Female Donor 1.73 0.53–5.01 0.34
Donor-recipient Sex Mismatch 0.53 0.08–1.94 0.37
Transplant-period (2002 – 2007 vs. 2008 – 2013) 1.34 0.26–10.21 0.74
Donor Atherosclerosis (MIT at Baseline ≥ 0.5mm) 0.87 0.30–2.66 0.80
Baseline Vessel Volume, per 1% 0.94 0.82–2.08 0.40
Baseline Lumen Volume, per 1% 0.93 0.66–1.35 0.93
Baseline Intimal volume, per 1% 1.01 0.94–1.07 0.73
Increase in MIT ≥0.5mm During the First Year 1.97 0.54–12.72 0.33
Delta Vessel Volume During the First Year
 Entire 0.95 0.92–0.995 0.03
 Proximal 0.97 0.93–1.00 0.07
 Middle 0.98 0.94–1.02 0.34
 Distal 0.95 0.91–0.99 0.004 1.06 0.93–1.19 0.38
Delta Lumen Volume During the First Year
 Entire 0.96 0.92–0.99 0.03
 Proximal 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.09
 Middle 0.98 0.95–1.02 0.26
 Distal 0.95 0.91–0.99 0.004 0.91 0.81–1.00 0.12
Delta Intimal Volume During the First Year
 Entire 0.99 0.98–1.01 0.56
 Proximal 1.00 0.98–1.01 0.41
 Middle 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.96
 Distal 1.00 0.98–1.01 0.60
MB 4.01 1.09–25.80 0.04 4.92 1.18–34.60 0.03

All variables with a p-value ≤0.05 on univariate analysis were included in multivariate analysis. Abbreviations as in Table 1 and 3.