Table 3.
Hazard ratio estimates for time from ESKD onset to live donor kidney transplantation among adults aged 18–70 years with incident ESKD during 2005–2008
| Variable | Hazard ratio | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.98 | 0.97–0.99 |
| Age squared | 0.99 | 0.99–0.99 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | Referent | Referent |
| Female | 1.02 | 0.97–1.07 |
| Health insurance coverage | ||
| Employer group | Referent | Referent |
| Medicare | 0.63 | 0.56–0.69 |
| Medicaid | 0.35 | 0.30–0.40 |
| No coverage | 0.25 | 0.22–0.28 |
| Other coverage | 0.86 | 0.80–0.91 |
| Race-ethnicity | ||
| White | Referent | Referent |
| Black | 0.27 | 0.24–0.31 |
| Asian | 0.48 | 0.40–0.57 |
| Hispanic | 0.58 | 0.54–0.62 |
| Pacific Islander | 0.23 | 0.15–0.33 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.42 | 0.29–0.60 |
| Clinical measures | ||
| Diabetes | 0.60 | 0.55–0.68 |
| CVD | 0.47 | 0.42–0.49 |
| Poor functional status | 0.26 | 0.20–0.33 |
| Chronic lung disease | 0.46 | 0.29–0.50 |
| Tobacco use | 0.42 | 0.36–0.49 |
| Drug use | 0.28 | 0.17–0.33 |
| Alcohol dependence | 0.26 | 0.19–0.37 |
| BMI | 1.17 | 1.13–1.20 |
| BMI squared | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Predialysis access measures | ||
| Predialysis nephrology care | 2.08 | 1.84–2.38 |
| Albumin | 1.65 | 1.57–1.73 |
| Hemoglobin | 1.12 | 1.11–1.14 |
| Prescribed ESA | 0.88 | 0.85–0.91 |
| Zip-code poverty | ||
| <5% | Referent | Referent |
| 5–9% | 0.75 | 0.68–0.82 |
| 10–14% | 0.58 | 0.52–0.63 |
| 15–19% | 0.58 | 0.52–0.64 |
| ≥20% | 0.49 | 0.42–0.58 |
| Household linguistic isolation | ||
| <1% | Referent | Referent |
| 1–4% | 0.97 | 0.89–1.06 |
| 5–9% | 0.93 | 0.82–1.05 |
| 10–19% | 0.90 | 0.73–1.12 |
| ≥20% | 0.87 | 0.57–1.32 |
Estimates are from multiply imputed hierarchical models that are clustered on the Organ Procurement Organization.