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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2015 May;99(5):1003–1008. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000454

Table 4.

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics: AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators

Characteristic Likelihood Estimate 95% Confidence Interval
Age (years) quartile
<44 (Reference) 1.00
45-54 vs. <44 0.87 (0.68-1.10)
55-64 vs. <44 0.95 (0.74-1.22)
>64 vs. <44 1.05 (0.77-1.43)
Female (reference) 1.00
Male 1.04 (0.87-1.25)
Caucasian (reference) 1.00
African heritage 1.05 (0.84-1.32)
Other 0.93 (0.64-1.36)
Location
US (Reference) 1.00
Canadian 0.41 (0.29-0.57)*
Brazil 0.18 (0.13-0.26)*
No history of CVD 1.00
History of CVD 1.39 (1.13-1.71)*
No history of diabetes 1.00
History of diabetes 1.25 (1.04-1.49)**
Smoking
Never smoker (Reference) 1.00
Current smoker 1.25 (0.94-1.66)
Ever smoker 1.13 (0.93-1.36)
BMI (kg/m2) tertile
Lowest (15.8-25.8) (Reference) 1.00
Middle (25.9-30.6) 1.14 (0.91.-1.42)
Highest (30.7-57.5) 1.14 (0.91-1.41)
Graft Vintage tertile
Lowest (0.3-2.2) (Reference) 1.00
Middle (2.3-6.0) 0.96 (0.78-1.19)
Highest (6.1-46.2) 1.01 (0.82-1.25)
No prevalent hypertension 1.00
Prevalent hypertension 0.94 (0.66-1.35)
Glomerular Filtration Rate tertile
Lowest (9.5-39.1) (Reference) 1.00
Middle (39.2-53.8) 0.69 (0.56-0.85)*
Highest (53.9-131.8) 0.59 (0.48-0.73)*
*

p-value < 0.01,

**

p-value <0.05.

Abbreviations: AHRQ=Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality, US=United States, CVD=cardiovascular disease, BMI=body mass index