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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2010 Feb 1;10(4):915–920. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.03003.x

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate hazard ratios of risk of death based on Lung Allocation Score, diagnosis, and transplant center volume.

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Lung Allocation Score group
Model 1 (≤46) 2 (47–59) 3 (60–79) 4 (80–100)
All recipients
 Unadjusted 1.00 [reference] 1.08 (0.91 – 1.30) 1.52 (1.21 – 1.90) 2.03 (1.61 – 2.55)
 Age-adjusted 1.00 [reference] 1.08 (0.90 – 1.30) 1.52 (1.22 – 1.91) 2.01 (1.63 – 2.58)
 Multivariate* 1.00 [reference] 1.05 (0.87 – 1.27) 1.50 (1.19 – 1.89) 2.05 (1.62 – 2.61)
 Multivariate + donor 1.00 [reference] 1.01 (0.82 – 1.24) 1.59 (1.24 – 2.03) 1.97 (1.52 – 2.56)
By selected diagnoses
 IPF 1.00 [reference] 1.12 (0.86 – 1.48) 1.87 (1.35 – 2.59) 1.87 (1.32 – 2.63)
 COPD 1.00 [reference] 1.06 (0.47 – 2.39) 1.84 (0.76 – 4.48) 12.19 (6.17 – 24.08)
 Cystic fibrosis 1.00 [reference] 1.39 (0.80 – 2.41) 1.43 (0.72 – 2.84) 1.56 (0.57 – 4.28)
 Graft failure, all cause 1.00 [reference] 0.90 (0.46 – 1.77) 1.07 (0.41 – 2.77) 1.83 (0.94 – 3.56)
By center volume (transplants since LAS)*
 < 80 1.00 [reference] 1.11 (0.70 – 1.77) 1.17 (0.62 – 2.20) 2.36 (1.17 – 4.76)
 80–159 1.00 [reference] 1.07 (0.81 – 1.41) 1.57 (1.12 – 2.21) 2.18 (1.55 – 3.09)
 160–239 1.00 [reference] 0.74 (0.45 – 1.22) 1.43 (0.89 – 2.30) 1.63 (1.00 – 2.66)
 ≥ 240 1.00 [reference] 1.33 (0.86 – 2.06) 1.72 (0.96 – 3.09) 2.14 (1.19 – 3.87)
*

adjusted for age, diagnosis group, ventilator use, and transplant center volume.

Multivariate and donor age, graft ischemic time, and donor PaO2/FiO2 ratio

adjusted for age and transplant center volume.

*

adjusted for age and diagnosis group

LAS groups defined as 1 (LAS ≤46), 2 (LAS 47–59), 3 (LAS 60–79), 4 (LAS >80). IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease