Table 5.

Allograft-associated characteristics of patients with pre-OLT renal dysfunction associated with recovery of renal function post-OLT

	Recovery of renal function (n = 863)	Non-recovery (n = 857)	p	OR (95% CI)
Transplanted prior to MELD era	275 (31%)	344 (40%)	0.0001	0.69 (0.57-0.85)
Whole organ transplant	846 (98%)	846 (99%)	0.23	0.65 (0.31-1.21)
MELD score	33.7 ± 8.7	34 ± 9.2	0.40
Cold ischemia time (hrs)	7.6 ± 3.5	7.7 ± 3.6	0.98
Warm ischemia time (mins)	42 ± 20	41 ± 18	0.51
Allograft dysfunction	111 (13%)	303 (35%)	0.00001	0.27 (0.21-0.34)

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, MELD model end-stage liver disease, OLT orthotopic liver transplantation, OR odds ratio.