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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):496–505. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318271198c

Table 4.

Results of univariable and multivariable analyses of exposures associated with consent for organ donation*

Category Univariable OR Multivariable OR P-value
Race/Ethnicity
    Whites Reference Reference
    Blacks 0.36 (0.34–0.39) 0.35 (0.31–0.39) <0.001
    Hispanics 0.62 (0.58–0.67) 0.54 (0.44–0.65) <0.001
    Asians 0.28 (0.25–0.31) 0.31 (0.25–0.37) <0.001
    Other 0.43 (0.36–0.51) 0.33 (0.20–0.55) <0.001
Age category in years
    0–5 0.82 (0.73–0.91) 1.09 (0.95–1.14) 0.21
    6–17 1.09 (0.98–1.21) 1.14 (1.02–1.28) 0.02
    18–39 Reference Reference
    40–54 0.74 (0.69–0.78) 0.84 (0.78–0.90) <0.001
    55–64 0.63 (0.59–0.68) 0.72 (0.67–0.77) <0.001
    65+ 0.52 (0.48–0.58) 0.58 (0.52–0.64) <0.001
Cause of death
    Anoxia Reference Reference
    CVA 0.78 (0.73–0.83) 0.95 (0.88–1.04) 0.22
    Trauma 1.35 (1.27–1.45) 1.20 (1.11–1.29) <0.001
    CNS Tumor 0.86 (0.62–1.18) 0.85 (0.61–1.18) 0.32
    Other 0.57 (0.50–0.67) 0.64 (0.46–0.88) 0.006
Consent request met DSA definition 3.28 (3.08–3.48) 3.80 (3.08–4.68) <0.001
Male gender 1.15 (1.10–1.21) 1.08 (1.01–1.15) 0.02
*

The analysis excluded eligible deaths among whom consent was obtained based on prior documentation (e.g. donor registry) and eligible deaths for whom consent was not requested

Multivariable p-value