Table 4.

Risk Factors for 145 Deaths After Transplant in 817 Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis^a

	Early phase		Constant phase
Factor	RR	p-value	RR	p-value
Death after transplant
Older age	—	—	1.40b	0.04
Black race	—	—	3.00	<0.001
Ventilator at transplant	3.09	<0.001	—	—
Longer ischemic time	1.23c	0.03	—	—
Earlier year of transplant	1.76d	0.004	—	—

RR, relative risk.

^aPediatric Heart Transplant Study data from January 1993 to December 2006

^bCompares increased risk from age 1 to 10 years.

^cCompares increased risk with additional hour of ischemic time.

^dCompares increased risk of a transplant in 1995 vs 2005.