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Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2011 Jun 15;91(11):1211–1217. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318218d59a

Table 5.

Multivariable Cox analyses of patient mortality and death-censored allograft failure

Mortality Allograft failure
HR CI p-value HR CI p-value
Recipient of:
 DIRVI kidney Reference Reference
 SCD kidney 0.71 0.58–0.87 <0.01 1.09 0.78–1.51 0.62
 ECD kidney 0.98 0.83–1.17 0.83 1.93 1.33–2.81 <0.01
 DCD kidney 0.67 0.54–0.83 <0.01 1.19 0.82–1.73 0.36
Recipient age (years)
Age<40 Reference Reference
40≤age<50 1.34 1.16–1.55 <0.01 0.83 0.70–0.98 0.03
50≤age<60 2.44 2.12–2.81 <0.01 0.76 0.64–0.89 <0.01
60≤age<70 3.23 2.65–3.92 <0.01 0.79 0.64–0.98 0.03
Age≥70 5.69 4.41–7.35 <0.01 0.60 0.46–0.78 <0.01
Recipient black race 0.94 0.84–1.04 0.21 1.56 1.36–1.78 <0.01
Recipient male 1.13 1.05–1.23 <0.01 1.06 0.96–1.16 0.24
Recipient prior kidney transplant 1.20 0.99–1.45 0.06 1.29 1.12–1.47 <0.01
Recipient on dialysis 1.30 1.09–1.56 <0.01 1.16 0.96–1.42 0.13
Recipient diabetes 1.74 1.54–1.96 <0.01 0.98 0.88–1.08 0.67
Recipient hepatitis C sero-positive 1.63 1.37–1.94 <0.01 1.40 1.22–1.61 <0.01
Recipient HIV sero-positive 1.24 0.69–2.21 0.46 1.39 0.95–2.03 0.09
Recipient high PRA* 1.53 1.25–1.88 <0.01 1.30 1.08–1.55 <0.01
CMV positive recipient 1.01 0.91–1.11 0.87 0.95 0.87–1.03 0.20
CMV positive donor 1.09 1.00–1.20 0.05 1.15 1.07–1.24 <0.01
Wait-list time>1000 days 1.13 0.97–1.32 0.11 0.99 0.89–1.11 0.89
Dual organ transplant 1.16 0.89–1.50 0.28 0.72 0.57–0.91 <0.01
Donor black race 1.12 0.96–1.29 0.15 1.10 0.95–1.29 0.21
Donor male 0.92 0.84–1.01 0.07 0.95 0.84–1.06 0.36
Allograft cold ischemia (hours)
<12 Reference Reference
12≤time<24 1.04 0.91–1.18 0.59 1.09 0.94–1.26 0.28
≥24 0.96 0.81–1.14 0.63 1.12 0.91–1.37 0.30
Non-local transplant 0.93 0.76–1.14 0.50 1.00 0.81–1.23 0.99
Zero mismatch 0.89 0.73–1.07 0.22 0.71 0.57–0.89 <0.01
Steroid induction 1.08 0.96–1.20 0.19 1.12 0.96–1.30 0.17
Antibody induction Reference Reference
  Lymphocyte depleting 1.08 0.96–1.22 0.22 1.09 0.95–1.23 0.21
  Non- Lymphocyte depleting 1.14 0.97–1.33 0.11 1.08 0.92–1.27 0.37
Initial immuno-suppression
Tacrolimus based Reference Reference
Cyclosporine based 1.19 0.98–1.44 0.09 1.12 0.98–1.49 0.08
Rapamycin based 1.27 1.05–1.52 0.01 1.54 1.22–1.93 <0.01
Other 1.92 1.59–2.32 <0.01 2.81 2.39–3.31 <0.01
Transplant era
 1996 – 1998 Reference Reference
 1999 – 2002 0.94 0.79–1.12 0.48 1.09 0.98–1.23 0.12
 2003 – 2006 0.87 0.73–1.05 0.15 1.05 0.83–1.34 0.68
*

Defined as ≥80% peak panel reactive antigen

DIRVI: donor at increased risk for viral infection according to the Centers for Disease Control categorization; SCD: Standard criteria donor; ECD: Expanded criteria donor; DCD: donation after cardiac death; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus