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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2009 May 27;87(10):1541–1548. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a492e8

Table 2.

Univariable risk of CMV Infection or Disease

Risk factor N Hazard ratio (95% CI) P-value

Donor and recipient CMV status 555 <0.001
CMV stats D-R- Reference group
CMV stats D+R+ 11.3 (6.3, 20.2)
CMV stats D+R- 9.2 (5.2, 16.2)
CMV stats D-R+ 5.1 (2.6, 9.9)

Transplant type 576 <0.001
Heart and lung Reference group
Single lung 2.0 (0.84, 4.8)
Bilateral cadaveric 1.2 (0.83, 1.8)
Living Donor 3.8 (2.1, 6.9)

Age at transplant 575 0.027
Age quintile 1 (0.0- 5.6 yrs) Reference group
Age quintile 2 (5.6-11.6 yrs) 1.9 (1.1, 3.4)
Age quintile 3 (11.6-14.2 yrs) 2.0 (1.2, 3.5)
Age quintile 4 (14.2-16.9 yrs) 2.0 (1.2, 3.5)
Age quintile 5 (16.9-21 yrs) 2.5 (1.4, 4.4)

Era of transplant 577 0.85
2002-2005 Reference group
1985-1993 0.99 (0.59, 1.7)
1993-1997 1.2 (0.75, 1.8)
1997-1999 0.86 (0.51, 1.5)
1999-2002 1.04 (0.67, 1.6)
Female gender 577 1.2 (0.85, 1.6) 0.34
Cystic Fibrosis etiology 576 1.3 (0.95, 1.7) 0.11
Donor CMV positive 563 5.2 (3.6, 7.5) <0.001
Recipient CMV positive 567 2.1 (1.6, 2.8) <0.001
Any induction treatment 533 1.4 (1.01, 1.9) 0.040
Home going regimen: cyclosporine 577 1.4 (0.95, 1.9) 0.089
A2 rejection prior to CMV 577 1.3 (0.98, 1.8) 0.070
Second rejection prior to CMV 577 1.5 (1.08, 2.0) 0.014
Second A2 rejection prior to CMV 577 1.9 (1.4, 2.8) <0.001
PFI prior to CMV 577 1.00 (0.62, 1.6) 0.99
RVI prior to CMV 577 0.64 (0.31, 1.3) 0.22

CMV – cytomegalovirus, D – donor, R – recipient, PFI – pulmonary fungal infection, RVI – respiratory viral infection