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Table 4. Results from competing risk regression investigating association between quartiles of MAIT cells and incident hepatic decompensation.

Death and liver transplantation were considered competing events.

Competing risk regression-decompensation	Number exposed	Number of events	SHR	95%CI	aSHR	95%CI
% MAIT cells/T-cells	71	11	1.12	0.83–1.52	1.19	0.91–1.56
Age	71	11	0.99	0.96–1.03	1.01	0.97–1.06
MELD-Na	69	9	1.08	0.93–1.27	1.09	0.92–1.30
Quartile 1	18	3	reference		reference
% MAIT cells/T-cells	18	3	reference		reference
Quartile 2	18	4	1.41	0.31–6.51	1.45	0.21–10.19
%MAIT cells/T-cells	18	4	1.41	0.31–6.51	1.45	0.21–10.19
Quartile 3	19	2	0.57	0.10–3.24	0.60	0.09–4.03
% MAIT cells/T-cells	19	2	0.57	0.10–3.24	0.60	0.09–4.03
Quartile 4	16	2	0.72	0.12–4.38	1.21	0.14–10.43
%MAIT cells/T-cells	16	2	0.72	0.12–4.38	1.21	0.14–10.43

Abbreviations: MAIT cells mucosal-associated invariant T-cells, SHR subdistribution hazard ratio, aSHR adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, Na sodium.