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. 2015 Jun 2;50(6):797–808. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2015.1036359

Table VIII.

Univariate and multivariate Cox regressions evaluating graft survival after first liver transplantation in the Nordic countries.

  Univariate
Multivariate
  p-Value HR 95% CI for HR p-Value HR 95% CI for HR
Female gender (ref) 0.001 0.86 0.79–0.94 0.04 0.96 0.91–1.00
Tx period 2009–2013 (ref) <0.0001     <0.0001    
Tx period 1982–1993 <0.0001 2.28 1.94–2.68 <0.0001 1.53 1.22–1.93
Tx period 1994–1998 <0.0001 1.85 1.58–2.17 <0.0001 1.40 1.77–2.03
Tx period 1999–2003 <0.0001 1.54 1.31–1.81 0.02 1.23 1.04–1.46
Tx period 2004–2008 0.002 1.28 1.09–1.51 0.02 1.11 0.94–1.31
Blood type 0 (ref) 0.89          
Blood type AB 0.71 1.02 0.94–1.09      
Blood type A 0.75 1.01 0.94–1.09      
Blood type B 0.84 1.01 0.88–1.17      
Waiting time 0.032 1.00008 1.000007–1.00001 0.43 1.00 1.00–1.00
MELD score 6–13 (ref) 0.71          
MELD score 14–21 0.84 0.71 0.66–1.22      
MELD score 22–33 0.41 0.65 0.50–1.11      
MELD score 34–40 0.77 0.75 0.51–1.41      
Donor age <0.0001 1.01 1.01–1.01 <0.0001 1.01 1.00–1.02
Recipient age <0.0001 1.01 1.00–1.01 <0.0001 1.01 1.01–1.02
Listed as highly urgent 0.72 0.94 0.70–1.16      
Kidney dialysis at entry 0.15 1.19 0.17–1.49      
Listed for retransplantation <0.0001 3.64 3.09–4.24 <0.0001 3.14 3.01–4.54

Abbreviations: HR = Hazard ratio; Tx = Transplantation; MELD = Model for end stage liver; CI = Confidence interval.