Table 4.

Multivariate predictors of 30-day cardiovascular mortality after orthotopic liver transplantation

Characteristic	Total Population	30-day cardiovascular mortality
	N=54,697	Beta Coefficient	Odds Ratio(95% CI)	P-value
Age, year, mean ± SD	54.0 ± 9.5	0.017	1.02 (1.10–1.03)	0.001
Female (forced in), n (%)	17,198 (31.4)	0.184	1.20 (1.00–1.45)	0.052
Medical condition prior to transplant, n (%)
Not hospitalized	41,090 (75.2)	Reference
Hospitalized not in ICU	9032 (16.5)	0.208	1.23 (0.95–1.60)	0.121
In ICU	4489 (8.2)	0.623	1.86 (1.34–2.60)	<0.001
Respiratory failure, n (%)	2242 (4.1)	0.719	2.05 (1.46–2.89)	<0.001
MELD score (calculated), mean ± SD	19.0 ± 10.4	0.018	1.02 (1.01–1.03)	<0.001
National Organ Allocation (versus Local/Regional), n (%)	2890 (5.3)	0.419	1.52 (1.08–2.14)	0.016
Portal vein thrombosis, n (%)	4195 (7.8)	0.397	1.49 (1.14–1.95)	0.004
Donor BMI, mean ± SD	28.2 ± 5.6	0.013	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.024
Cold ischemia time, hours, mean ± SD	0.12 ± 0.6	0.032	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	0.001
Center volume (forced in)
Tertile 1	n/a	Reference
Tertile 2	n/a	0.176	0.84 (0.55–1.27)	0.404
Tertile 3	n/a	0.390	0.68 (0.46–1.01)	0.055

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation, CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit; BMI, body mass index