Table 3.

Factors associated with poor outcomes (≥33% of the year post-KT spent hospitalized or death) among older transplant recipients, multivariable model

Characteristic	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	P-value
Age (per 10 years)	1.42 (1.11–1.81)	0.005
Race:
White	Reference
Black	0.88 (0.70–1.11)	0.3
Other	0.91 (0.63–1.32)	0.6
Female sex	0.89 (0.74–1.07)	0.2
BMI:
>30	Reference
<20	0.86 (0.55–1.36)	0.5
20≤BMI <25	0.86 (0.68–1.10)	0.2
25≤BMI <30	0.88 (0.70–1.09)	0.2
Years on dialysis pre-transplant	1.11 (1.05–1.17)	<0.001
Live donor	0.59 (0.44–0.79)	<0.001
ECD donor	1.11 (0.85–1.45)	0.4
Donor age (per 10 years)	1.11 (1.03–1.19)	0.005
Year pre-KT hospitalization (per week)	1.08 (1.02–1.16)	0.01
Etiology of renal disease
Glomerulonephritis	Reference
Diabetes	1.49 (1.11–2.01)	0.008
Hypertension	1.46 (1.07–1.99)	0.02
Polycystic kidney disease	0.71 (0.43–1.16)	0.2
All others	1.32 (0.93–1.89)	0.1
History of cancer	0.73 (0.45–1.18)	0.2
Congestive heart failure	1.27 (1.02–1.58)	0.03
Cerebrovascular accident	1.26 (0.87–1.83)	0.2
Insulin-dependent diabetes	1.09 (0.85–1.40)	0.5
History of arrhythmia	1.39 (0.92–2.10)	0.1
Hypertension	0.98 (0.76–1.26)	0.9
Ischemic heart disease	1.20 (0.95–1.51)	0.1
Myocardial infarction	0.92 (0.62–1.38)	0.7
Chronic pulmonary disease	1.18 (0.74–1.89)	0.5
Peripheral vascular disease	1.24 (0.90–1.70)	0.2
Current smoker	1.57 (0.93–2.64)	0.09
Transplant Year	0.93 (0.88–0.98)	0.007