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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Jul 7;66(5):837–845. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.05.015

Table 2.

Multivariable Cox regression analysis of receipt of kidney transplant

Physical Function Unadjusted* (n=19,242) Adjusted* (n=17,821) Adjusted** (n=17,821)
HR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) p-value
Q1: Highest 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
Q2 0.89 (0.85-0.94) <0.001 0.95 0.90, 1.00 0.04 0.94 0.89, 0.99 0.01
Q3 0.81 0.77, 0.86 <0.001 0.91 0.86, 0.96 0.001 0.81 0.76, 0.86 <0.001
Q4: Lowest 0.66 0.63, 0.70 <0.001 0.74 0.70, 0.79 <0.001 0.64 0.61, 0.68 <0.001

Note: Model adjusted for age, sex, race, primary insurance type, diabetes, prior kidney transplant, peripheral vascular disease, glomerulonephritis as cause of ESRD, polycystic disease as cause of ESRD, congenital or reflux disease as cause of ESRD, hypertension as cause of ESRD, blood type, body mass index, time since dialysis initiation, dialysis modality and geographic quartile of time to transplantation defined at level of the donor service area where the candidate was listed.

CI, confidence interval; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; HR, hazard ratio; Q, quartile

*

Physical function categories defined at baseline without time-updates.

**

Time-updated physical function categories.