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. 2007 Sep 12;110(13):4599–4605. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-07-101956

Table 2.

PTLD risk associated with HCV status at the time of transplantation among 210 763 solid organ transplant recipients

HCV+ HCV status unknown
Unadjusted 0.63 (0.51-0.78) 0.88 (0.76-1.02)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education 0.84 (0.68-1.05) 0.84 (0.73-0.98)
Additional adjustments
    Organ type (HL, KP, liver, other) 0.78 (0.62-0.97) 0.81 (0.70-0.94)
    Indication for transplantation 0.83 (0.65-1.05) 0.84 (0.72-0.97)
    Degree of HLA mismatch (score: 0-6) 0.75 (0.61-0.94) 0.81 (0.70-0.94)
    Donor type (cadaveric/living) 0.78 (0.63-0.97) 0.82 (0.71-0.95)
    Use of any induction medication 0.85 (0.68-1.05) 0.86 (0.74-1.00)
    Use of specified induction medications: polyclonal antibodies or other 0.85 (0.69-1.06) 0.86 (0.74-1.00)
    Use of any maintenance medication 0.85 (0.68-1.05) 0.86 (0.74-1.00)
    Use of specified maintenance medications: steroids, antimetabolites, calcineurin inhibitor, or TOR inhibitors 0.85 (0.69-1.06) 0.85 (0.73-0.99)
    Use of any antirejection medication 0.84 (0.68-1.04) 0.84 (0.73-0.98)
    Use of specified antirejection medications: polyclonal antibodies or other 0.84 (0.68-1.04) 0.84 (0.73-0.98)
    Use of any induction, maintenance, and antirejection immunosuppresion medications 0.84 (0.68-1.05) 0.87 (0.75-1.01)
    Use of specified induction, maintenance, and antirejection immunosuppression medications 0.85 (0.69-1.06) 0.87 (0.75-1.01)

Data are HR (95% CI). HCV recipients were used as the referent group in all analyses.

HL indicates heart and/or lung; and KP, kidney and/or pancreas.