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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;92(3):923–928. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.053

TABLE 2.

Risk Factors for Post-Transplant Graft Failure at 90 Days in RETX group

Odds Ratio 95% CI
Lower Limit
95% CI
Upper Limit
p-value
ECMO 40.20 2.40 673.27 0.010
Underweight (BMI <18.5) 30.39 1.35 686.60 0.032
BiVAD 15.16 1.27 180.51 0.031
Total bilirubin > 2 dl/mg 13.58 2.51 73.44 0.002
Severely/Morbidly obese (BMI > 35) 6.98 0.89 54.81 0.065
IABP 6.32 1.26 31.76 0.025
Diabetic recipient 4.48 0.79 25.57 0.091
Intubated 3.46 0.80 15.08 0.098
Recipient eGFR (mL/min/m2) 0.94 0.90 0.97 0.000
Transplant year (per yr) 0.68 0.56 0.84 0.000
Donor age (years) 1.03 0.97 1.09 0.312
LVAD 2.00 0.45 8.80 0.361
RVAD 3.05 0.20 46.76 0.423
Donor : Recipient weight <0.7 30.35 0.01 159988.80 0.435
Recipient age (years) 1.02 0.97 1.06 0.523
Inotropic support 0.81 0.05 13.66 0.883

BiVAD: biventricular assist device, BMI: body mass index, ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump, LVAD: left ventricular assist device, MCS: mechanical circulatory support, RVAD: right ventricular assist device