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. 2015 Mar 11;10(3):e0118644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118644

Table 4. Time-dependent hazard ratios for the 11 donor risk variables included in the IHTSA model.

Hazard ratio at 1 year Hazard ratio at 5 years Hazard ratio at 10 years
Demographic data
    Age (per 11 years) 1.17 (1.172–1.173) 1.11 (1.111–1.112) 1.08 (1.075–1.075)
    Female gender 1.02 (1.019–1.020) 1.04 (1.038–1.039) 1.04 (1.040–1.042)
    Weight (per 10 kg) 0.99 (0.994–0.994) 1.02 (1.018–1.018) 1.03 (1.030–1.030)
    Duration of ischemia (per 42 min) 1.03 (1.025–1.026) 1.01 (1.008–1.008) 1.00 (0.997–0.998)
    CODD: Head trauma 0.90 (0.896–0.898) 1.00 (0.998–1.000) 1.09 (1.085–1.087)
    CODD: Cerebrovascular event 0.89 (0.890–0.891) 0.97 (0.969–0.971) 1.05 (1.050–1.052)
Donor blood group
    B 1.05 (1.044–1.046) 1.07 (1.070–1.073) 1.09 (1.092–1.096)
    AB 1.13 (1.126–1.129) 1.16 (1.154–1.157) 1.14 (1.135–1.140)
    O 0.96 (0.960–0.961) 0.98 (0.983–0.985) 0.99 (0.991–0.993)
Recipient-donor weight ratio (per 0.14 units) 1.02 (1.015–1.015) 1.01 (1.014–1.014) 1.02 (1.016–1.016)
Recipient-donor height ratio (per 0.04 units) 0.99 (0.991–0.991) 1.00 (0.996–0.996) 1.00 (0.999–0.999)

The data are hazard ratio together with 95% confidence interval for the different time points estimated from 10,000 bootstrap samples. CODD, cause of donor death; ITHSA, international heart transplantation survival algorithm.