Table 4.

Cox proportional-hazards model estimate of time to waitlist and time to transplant.

Characteristics	Time to waitlist	Time to transplant
Patient informed	1.617	1.032
	[1.582,1.652]	[0.999,1.067]
	(0.000)	(0.057)
Alcohol dependence	0.719	1.131
	[0.678,0.763]	[1.034,1.238]
	(0.000)	(0.007)
Drug dependence	0.361	0.892
	[0.335,0.389]	[0.795,1.002]
	(0.000)	(0.055)
Inability to ambulate	0.447	0.811
	[0.416,0.479]	[0.715,0.919]
	(0.000)	(0.001)
Inability to transfer	0.678	1.170
	[0.603,0.763]	[0.958,1.429]
	(0.000)	(0.123)
Needs assistance	0.603	0.894
	[0.582,0.625]	[0.842,0.949]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Age at incidence	0.965	0.984
	[0.965,0.966]	[0.983,0.985]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Male	1.138	1.024
	[1.124,1.152]	[1.005,1.043]
	(0.000)	(0.013)
BMI over 40	0.428	0.782
	[0.418,0.438]	[0.754,0.811]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Diabetes	0.455	0.787
	[0.443,0.468]	[0.759,0.816]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Glomerulonephritis	0.664	1.050
	[0.644,0.684]	[1.011,1.091]
	(0.000)	(0.011)
Hypertension	0.495	0.891
	[0.481,0.509]	[0.858,0.925]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Other cause	0.415	1.070
	[0.401,0.430]	[1.024,1.118]
	(0.000)	(0.003)
Other urologic	0.454	0.888
	[0.427,0.483]	[0.819,0.963]
	(0.000)	(0.004)
Indwelling catheter	0.652	1.118
	[0.642,0.661]	[1.094,1.142]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Graft	0.805	1.038
	[0.776,0.835]	[0.983,1.095]
	(0.000)	(0.179)
Other	0.750	1.241
	[0.667,0.842]	[1.062,1.451]
	(0.000)	(0.007)
Nephrologist care	1.499	1.041
	[1.477,1.521]	[1.019,1.064]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
American Indian/Alaskan	0.794	0.659
	[0.748,0.842]	[0.600,0.724]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Asian	1.476	0.672
	[1.436,1.517]	[0.645,0.700]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Black	0.943	0.616
	[0.929,0.957]	[0.603,0.630]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Hispanic	1.207	0.662
	[1.186,1.229]	[0.644,0.680]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Other	1.033	0.616
	[0.897,1.189]	[0.501,0.758]
	(0.652)	(0.000)
Pacific Islander	0.943	0.639
	[0.888,1.002]	[0.580,0.704]
	(0.057)	(0.000)
Medicaid	0.519	0.746
	[0.508,0.531]	[0.722,0.771]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Medicare	0.534	0.806
	[0.521,0.548]	[0.775,0.838]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Medicare&Medicaid	0.467	0.722
	[0.454,0.480]	[0.691,0.754]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Medicare&Other	0.727	0.915
	[0.706,0.749]	[0.875,0.956]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Other	0.700	0.868
	[0.688,0.713]	[0.847,0.888]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Applying for Medicare	1.032	1.038
	[1.017,1.047]	[1.016,1.061]
	(0.000)	(0.001)
Emp full-time	1.000	1.000
	[1.000,1.000]	[1.000,1.000]
	(.)	(.)
Emp partt-time	0.961	0.993
	[0.932,0.992]	[0.952,1.036]
	(0.013)	(0.750)
Medical leave of absence	0.838	0.888
	[0.816,0.859]	[0.857,0.920]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Other	0.743	1.040
	[0.695,0.794]	[0.959,1.128]
	(0.000)	(0.345)
Homemaker or Unemployed	0.639	0.851
	[0.626,0.652]	[0.828,0.875]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Retired	0.636	0.877
	[0.623,0.649]	[0.853,0.902]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Chain dialysis facility	0.973	0.948
	[0.959,0.988]	[0.928,0.969]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Northeast	1.340	0.794
	[1.315,1.366]	[0.773,0.816]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
South	0.866	0.886
	[0.851,0.881]	[0.865,0.908]
	(0.000)	(0.000)
West	1.007	0.753
	[0.987,1.027]	[0.732,0.775]
	(0.512)	(0.000)
Observations	478746	109048