Table 4.

Matched candidate approach #1: Stratified Cox model of waitlist removal for liver waitlist candidates bypassed by H-L recipients when the heart sequestered the liver versus controls selected by match MELD score^*

Variable	Hazard ratio	P-value
Bypassed waitlist candidate	0.56 (0.40-0.79)	0.001
Age at waitlisting	1.02 (1.01-1.03)	0.001
Exception MELD score†	0.11 (0.07-0.16)	<0.001
Race/ethnicity		0.87
White	1
Black	0.93 (0.71-1.23)
Hispanic	0.92 (0.68-1.23)
Asian	0.79 (0.44-1.40)
Other	0.82 (0.25-2.70)
Diagnosis		0.41
Hepatitis C	1
Alcohol	0.81 (0.63-1.03)
Hepatitis B	1.09 (0.63-1.87)
NASH/cryptogenic	0.98 (0.76-1.27)
Cholestatic	1.00 (0.75-1.33)
Autoimmune	1.16 (0.71-1.91)
Other	1.01 (0.72-1.42)
Fulminant hepatic failure	1.52 (0.94-2.48)

^*Controls were liver waitlist candidates matched 8:1 based on blood type, match MELD score, and UNOS region of bypass liver waitlist candidate. Interaction of exception points and bypass candidate versus control was not significant (p=0.8).

^†Binary yes/no (1/0) as to whether match MELD score was based on exception points.