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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jun 10;34(11):1415–1422. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.06.003

Table 3.

Univariate Cox proportional hazards models for risk factors for DSA, CLAD, and graft failure.

Variable DSA CLAD Graft failure
HR 95%
CI
p HR 95%
CI
p HR 95%
CI
p
Male recipient 1.06 0.77–1.46 0.72 0.96 0.69–1.34 0.83 0.99 0.69–1.42 0.97
Recipient age 0.99 0.99–1.01 0.36 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.87 0.99 0.98–1.01 0.27
Diagnosis (reference: COPD) 0.99 0.87 0.26
   Cystic fibrosis 1.15 0.72–1.82 0.55 0.87 0.53–1.41 0.57 1.10 0.67–1.81 0.70
   Interstitial lung disease 1.10 0.73–1.63 0.66 0.92 0.61–1.37 0.68 0.70 0.44–1.09 0.12
   Re-transplant 0.97 0.43–2.17 0.94 0.63 0.25–1.60 0.33 0.63 0.22–1.77 0.38
   Pulmonary hypertension 1.61 0.22–11.7 0.64 1.11 0.15–8.19 0.91 2.13 0.51–8.85 0.30
   Other 1.12 0.59–2.14 0.73 0.71 0.35–1.43 0.34 1.08 0.56–2.07 0.83
Allosensitized pre-transplant 1.11 0.80–1.54 0.53 1.04 0.74–1.47 0.82 1.06 0.73–1.54 0.78
Pre-transplant CPRA 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.65 0.99 0.99–1.01 0.56 0.99 0.99–1.01 0.79
Number of pre-transplant HLA antibodies 0.99 0.96–1.03 0.67 0.99 0.95–1.02 0.60 0.99 0.94–1.03 0.59
Pre-transplant HLA antibody class 0.67 0.76 0.66
   Class I only 1.14 0.76–1.71 0.52 1.16 0.78–1.74 0.46 0.89 0.55–1.45 0.64
   Class II only 0.83 0.42–1.64 0.59 0.78 0.38–1.61 0.50 1.28 0.66–2.48 0.46
   Class I and II 1.27 0.76–2.13 0.36 0.98 0.52–1.83 0.94 1.31 0.69–2.46 0.41
Positive direct crossmatch 0.99 0.57–1.73 0.98 0.95 0.52–1.71 0.85 1.28 0.72–2.28 0.40
PGD 3 at 72 hours 2.50 1.16–5.38 0.02 1.97 0.94–4.14 0.07 2.06 0.92–4.62 0.08
DSA* 1.55 1.11–2.16 0.01 2.06 1.41–3.00 <0.001
Acute rejection grade ≥ A2* 1.86 1.25–2.76 0.002 1.11 0.79–1.55 0.55 0.95 0.65–1.38 0.77
Lymphocytic bronchiolitis ≥ B1R* 1.27 0.86–1.87 0.23 0.93 0.66–1.30 0.67 0.99 0.68–1.45 0.98
CARV infection* 0.17 0.02–1.25 0.10 1.46 0.91–2.36 0.12 1.19 0.70–2.02 0.52
CLAD* 4.59 2.02–10.4 <0.001 8.92 5.61–14.2 <0.001
*

Analyzed as a time-dependent variable