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. 2011 Feb;22(2):367–376. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2010050513

Table 3.

Recipient C4 gene copy number and clinical outcome - multivariate Cox regression analysis

Recipient Gene Copy Number Number of Transplants Graft Survival
Death-censored Graft Survival
Patient Survival
Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P
C4
    <4 513 1.00 (0.85 to 1.18) 0.99 1.06 (0.86 to 1.31) 0.59 0.94 (0.75 to 1.19) 0.62
    4 1166 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group)
    >4 290 0.95 (0.77 to 1.17) 0.62 0.92 (0.70 to 1.20) 0.54 1.01 (0.77 to 1.33) 0.95
C4A
    <2 341 1.00 (0.82 to 1.21) 0.99 0.97 (0.76 to 1.25) 0.84 1.08 (0.84 to 1.40) 0.56
    2 1125 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group)
    >2 503 1.04 (0.88 to 1.23) 0.68 1.00 (0.81 to 1.23) 0.99 1.09 (0.87 to 1.37) 0.45
C4B
    <2 559 1.04 (0.89 to 1.22) 0.64 1.10 (0.90 to 1.34) 0.36 0.97 (0.78 to 1.21) 0.81
    2 1260 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group)
    >2 150 0.94 (0.72 to 1.24) 0.68 0.93 (0.65 to 1.33) 0.70 1.05 (0.73 to 1.50) 0.80
C4L
    <3 581 0.98 (0.82 to 1.17) 0.81 1.04 (0.83 to 1.30) 0.76 0.98 (0.77 to 1.25) 0.89
    3 702 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group)
    >3 686 0.94 (0.79 to 1.11) 0.48 1.02 (0.82 to 1.26) 0.88 0.97 (0.77 to 1.22) 0.82
C4S
    0 715 1.03 (0.88 to 1.20) 0.74 1.14 (0.94 to 1.40) 0.18 0.97 (0.78 to 1.20) 0.75
    1 869 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group) 1.00 (reference group)
    >1 385 1.04 (0.86 to 1.26) 0.65 1.10 (0.86 to 1.40) 0.47 0.99 (0.76 to 1.28) 0.91

CI, confidence interval.