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. 2010 Dec 23;2010:467976. doi: 10.1155/2010/467976

Table 3.

Regressions in the multivariable competing risks model with interaction terms.

Diagnosis to listing Diagnosis to death Listing to transplant Listing to death
Variable Beta P-value Beta P-value Beta P-value Beta P-value
Age
 18–39 <ref> <ref>
 40–64 0.1018 8.70E − 02 0.5747 0.00E + 00 0.1388 0.11 0.01719 0.89
 ≥65 −2.181 0.00E + 00 0.981 0.00E + 00 −0.0751 0.66 0.3803 0.076

Gender
 Male <ref> <ref>
 Female 0.05282 3.10E − 01 −0.2175 0.00E + 00 −0.2165 0.0021 0.04415 0.69

Race/ethnicity
 White <ref> <ref>
 Black −0.7324 5.90E − 12 4.14E − 02 1.70E − 01 −0.115 0.44 0.5058 7.10E − 03
 Hispanic/Asian/other 0.1405 2.10E − 01 −2.90E − 01 1.40E − 08 −0.2502 0.11 −0.01805 9.40E − 01
 Unknown 0.1394 7.30E − 02 1.35E − 02 6.40E − 01 −0.2215 0.045 −0.07929 6.50E − 01

Insurance status
 Medicare only <ref> <ref>
 Medicare plus Medicaid −0.411 4.30E − 02 0.1222 1.10E − 03 −0.2997 0.25 −0.2164 0.54
 Medicare plus commercial −0.05088 7.30E − 01 −0.004856 8.40E − 01 −0.1507 0.41 0.05829 0.8
 Medicaid only −0.1287 3.40E − 01 0.08097 2.30E − 02 −0.1433 0.37 0.03886 0.87
 Commercial only 0.6716 2.60E − 08 −0.267 0.00E + 00 −0.0757 0.6 −0.1517 0.49
 Uninsured (including self-pay) −0.06924 7.00E − 01 −0.1487 1.80E − 02 −0.1072 0.61 0.06899 0.82

Severity of illness at diagnosis
 None <ref> <ref>
 Minimal 0.206 2.00E − 02 0.7547 0.00E + 00 0.02335 0.85 −0.07078 0.72
 Moderate 0.9264 0.00E + 00 1.334 0.00E + 00 0.02553 0.82 0.002209 0.99
 Severe 0.9892 0.00E + 00 2.022 0.00E + 00 0.01008 0.93 0.1598 0.41
 Maximal 0.2154 2.10E − 01 2.724 0.00E + 00 −0.2741 0.36 1.031 0.0012

Liver diagnoses (five groups)
 (1) (PBC, PSC, ALD, and autoimmune) <ref> <ref>
 (2) (Viral hepatitis) −0.7455 1.10E − 02 −0.2798 5.60E − 07 0.06082 0.59 0.1554 0.38
 (3) (Acute liver failure) −1.111 6.30E − 03 0.3353 4.50E − 07 −0.3713 0.04 −0.06777 0.79
 (4) (Cancer) −1.959 6.00E − 02 0.6301 0.00E + 00 −0.2334 0.42 0.1335 0.77
 (5) (Metabolic disease, other) −1.859 1.30E − 08 −0.04497 1.40E − 01 −0.2278 0.094 0.1449 0.49

Pennsylvania transplant center
 No N/A <ref>
 Yes 0.3121 0.0021 0.5502 0.0011

INTERACTION TERMS
Diagnosis group × gender
 2 × Female −0.1599 1.80E − 01 0.006272 8.60E − 01 0.05301 0.77 0.2293 0.38
 3 × Female 0.459 1.80E − 03 0.05483 2.40E − 01 0.3382 0.19 0.3079 0.32
 4 × Female −0.9512 8.50E − 03 −0.1406 5.60E − 03 1.218 0.035 −0.2633 0.77
 5 × Female −0.2384 6.20E − 02 0.004479 8.40E − 01 0.07122 0.73 −0.03655 0.9

Diagnosis group × race/ethnicity
 2 × Black −0.03861 8.30E − 01 0.1662 2.80E − 04 −0.2849 0.31 −0.2854 0.41
 3 × Black 0.243 3.30E − 01 −0.06367 3.20E − 01 −0.2003 0.64 −0.4171 0.41
 4 × Black 0.5954 3.00E − 01 0.05434 5.60E − 01 0.361 0.73 −0.2571 0.8
 5 × Black 0.5146 2.80E − 02 0.08273 4.30E − 02 −0.3152 0.45 −0.2944 0.53
 2 × Hispanic/Asian/other −0.06936 7.40E − 01 0.1438 8.20E − 02 0.2924 0.34 −0.6491 0.23
 3 × Hispanic/Asian/other 0.3302 3.00E − 01 0.121 3.50E − 01 0.301 0.6 0.9397 0.071
 4 × Hispanic/Asian/other 0.5255 2.50E − 01 −0.2266 9.30E − 02 0.7187 0.12 −8.938 0
 5 × Hispanic/Asian/other −0.009698 9.80E − 01 0.0801 2.80E − 01 −0.9032 0.26 1.197 0.028
 2 × Unknown −0.3849 5.30E − 02 −0.01653 8.00E − 01 0.3819 0.11 −0.8792 0.16
 3 × Unknown 0.2203 3.10E − 01 0.0593 4.30E − 01 −0.8466 0.092 1.048 0.01
 4 × Unknown −0.01568 9.70E − 01 −0.08379 3.30E − 01 −0.1711 0.8 −8.964 0
 5 × Unknown −0.07788 7.10E − 01 0.01727 6.50E − 01 0.5868 0.069 −0.2218 0.66

Diagnosis group × insurance status
  2 × Medicare plus Medicaid 0.01518 9.70E − 01 0.0759 3.30E − 01
 3 × Medicare plus Medicaid −0.2036 7.80E − 01 −0.08408 4.70E − 01
 4 × Medicare plus Medicaid −3.869 1.70E − 04 −0.1627 2.40E − 01
 5 × Medicare plus Medicaid −0.004049 9.90E − 01 0.005655 9.10E − 01
 2 × Medicare plus commercial 0.1845 6.20E − 01 0.004062 9.50E − 01
 3 × Medicare plus commercial 0.4838 3.20E − 01 −0.1051 1.70E − 01 N/A
 4 × Medicare plus commercial 0.6797 5.50E − 01 −0.2542 7.90E − 04
 5 × Medicare plus commercial −0.1228 7.50E − 01 −0.04907 1.30E − 01
 2 × Medicaid only −0.3384 2.90E − 01 −0.1179 6.50E − 02
 3 × Medicaid only 0.1897 6.60E − 01 −0.6395 6.20E − 15
 4 × Medicaid only 0.5077 6.70E − 01 0.001579 9.90E − 01
 5 × Medicaid only 0.2893 4.30E − 01 −0.1224 1.20E − 02
 2 × Commercial only −0.2162 4.70E − 01 −0.2046 9.00E − 04
 3 × Commercial only −0.2264 5.80E − 01 −0.274 1.90E − 04
 4 × Commercial only 0.6286 5.40E − 01 −0.1069 2.00E − 01
 5 × Commercial only −0.2812 4.00E − 01 −0.09617 9.70E − 03
 2 × Uninsured −0.2524 5.40E − 01 −0.5278 9.30E − 06
 3 × Uninsured −0.7369 2.10E − 01 −0.5542 1.10E − 05
 4 × Uninsured 1.552 2.00E − 01 −0.5514 1.50E − 02
 5 × Uninsured 0.4768 3.10E − 01 −0.2448 1.10E − 02

Abbreviations: PBC-primary biliary cirrhosis; PSC-primary sclerosing cholangitis; ALD-alcoholic liver disease.