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. 2025 Jan 23;11(2):e1749. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001749

TABLE 4.

Cause-specific hazards of receiving a deceased donor transplant by travel status, AC era, and MELD score at listing, accounting for the competing risk of death and living donor liver transplantation

Pre-AC Post-AC
MELD scores Traveling to a neighbor Traveling beyond a neighbor Traveling to a neighbor Traveling beyond a neighbor
<15 0.98 (0.92-1.04) 1.44 (1.31-1.59) 1.09 (1.02-1.16) 1.25 (1.11-1.40)
15–24 0.98 (0.92-1.03) 1.17 (1.06-1.30) 1.07 (1.02-1.13) 1.19 (1.07-1.31)
25–34 0.95 (0.88-1.03) 1.04 (0.90-1.19) 1.03 (0.97-1.09) 1.15 (1.01-1.32)
≥35 0.94 (0.85-1.04) 1.05 (0.86-1.29) 1.08 (1.00-1.17) 1.11 (0.95-1.31)

AC, acuity circle; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease.