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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Jun 14;30(11):1244–1249. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.05.001

Table 3.

Multivariable Predictors of Time to Graft Loss in 6-Month Survivors

Predictor HR (95% CI) p-value
Ischemic timea
  Quartile 3 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.18
  Quartile 4 1 (0.9–1.2) 0.82
Age at Htx >5 years 1.2 (1.1–1.2) <0.001
Female sex 1.3 (1.1–1.4) <0.001
PGE support at HTx 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.006
PRA vs ≤10%
  >10% 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 0.007
  Not reported 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.16
Racial group
  Black 2.1 (1.9–2.4) <0.001
  Hispanic 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.18
  Other 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 0.009

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; HTx, heart transplantation; PGE, prostaglandin; PRA, panel reactive antibodies.

a

Reference group = ischemic time less than the median; quartile 3, 3.52–4.30 hours; quartile 4, >4.30 hours.