Table 2.

Independent associations with preemptive deceased donor kidney transplantation

	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Recipient factors
Recipient age (per decade)	1.12 (1.10–1.14)	<0.001
Female sex	1.33 (1.27–1.39)	<0.001
Ethnicity
Caucasian	Reference
African American	0.44 (0.41–0.47)	<0.001
Other	0.53 (0.49–0.57)	<0.001
Impaired functional status	0.88 (0.82–0.96)	0.003
Last PRA greater than 40%	0.77 (0.72–0.83)	<0.001
Hepatitis C	1.31 (1.20–1.44)	<0.001
Previous nonkidney transplant	1.94 (1.67–2.26)	<0.001
Private insurance	3.15 (3.01–3.29)	<0.001
Etiology of renal disease
GN	Reference
Diabetes	0.69 (0.64–0.74)	<0.001
Polycystic kidney disease	1.36 (1.26–1.46)	<0.001
Hypertension	0.75 (0.70–0.81)	<0.001
Vasculitis	0.68 (0.60–0.77)	<0.001
Congenital	1.28 (1.12–1.46)	<0.001
Interstitial disease	1.35 (1.22–1.50)	<0.001
Neoplasm	1.04 (0.86–1.27)	0.70
Transplant-related	1.20 (0.98–1.48)	0.08
Miscellaneous	1.51 (1.39–1.63)	<0.001
Blood type
O	Reference
A	1.21 (1.15–1.27)	<0.001
B	1.10 (1.02–1.18)	0.01
AB	1.56 (1.02–1.18)	<0.001
Donor factors
Transplant year	1.03 (1.03–1.04)	<0.001
ECD transplant	0.90 (0.85–0.98)	0.01
DCD transplant	0.88 (0.81–0.96)	0.005
Zero-antigen mismatch transplant	1.45 (1.37–1.54)	<0.001
Donor age (per yr increase)	0.96 (0.95–0.98)	<0.001
Cold ischemia time (per 12 h)	0.89 (0.87–0.92)	<0.001
Center median wait time (per yr)	0.98 (0.94–1.03)	0.50

CI, confidence interval; PRA, percent reactive antibody, ECD, expanded criteria donor; DCD, declared cardiac death donor.