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. 2014 May 14;20(18):5353–5362. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5353

Table 3.

Factors predictive of mortality and graft failure at multivariate analysis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus recipients of liver transplantation

Mortality HR (95%CI), P value Graft loss HR (95%CI), P value
HIV infection[14,35] 2.3 (1.3–3.8), 0.0002 BMI < 21[35] 3.2 (1.3–7.7), 0.01
HCV genotype 1[14] 2.14 (1.24–3.41), 0.006 Donor age by decade[35] 1.3 (1.0–1.6), 0.04
Donor index risk[35] 3.03 (1.57–5.83), 0.001 HCV-positive donor[35] 2.5 (1.1–5.6), 0.03
Combined kidney-lT[35] 3.8 (1.6–9.1), 0.003
MELD score[14] 1.06 (1.01–1.11), 0.023
Centers performing < 1 LT/yr[14] 2.82 (1.30–6.94), 0.009
Treated acute rejection1[35] 2.0 (1.0–4.0), 0.06
HIV infection[35] 1.9 (1.2–3.1), 0.01

1In HIV-positive individuals with or without HCV. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; BMI: Body mass index; LT: Liver transplantation; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.