Table 3.
Multivariable Analyses of Likelihood of Death Before Transplant or Becoming Too Sick for Lung Transplantation, and Likelihood of Lung Transplantation Within 3 Years of Registering on the Waiting List, by Race
| Frequency (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Patients |
White Patients |
Unadjusted OR a (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR a (95% CI) b |
p value |
|
|
Death or Becoming Too Sick For Lung Transplantation |
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| Pre-LAS cohort (n=2350) | 98 (43.8) | 654 (30.8) | 1.75 (1.32–2.33) |
1.84 (1.35–2.52) |
0.0001 |
| LAS cohort (n=2446) | 33 (14.0) | 295 (13.3) | 1.10 (0.81–1.47) |
0.93 (0.61–1.41) |
0.74 |
| Lung Transplantation | |||||
| Pre-LAS cohort (n=2350) | 126 (56.3) | 1472 (69.2) | 0.57 (0.43–0.76) |
0.54 (0.40–0.74) |
0.0001 |
| LAS cohort (n=2446) | 202 (86.0) | 1916 (86.7) | 0.94 (0.64–1.39) |
1.07 (0.71–1.63) |
0.74 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; LAS, lung allocation score; OR, odds ratio.
a
Referent group for unadjusted and adjusted OR = White Patients.
b
Adjusted for gender, age at listing, blood group, region, diagnostic group, diabetes, insurance payer, and calculated LAS score (LAS period models).