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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Jan;28(1):107–115. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000490

Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariable Patient Survival

Variable
[Reference group]
Univariate
patient survival
HR (95% CI)
p-value Multivariable patient
survival
HR (95% CI)
p-value

RECIPIENT FACTORS

Age 1.03 (1.02–1.04) <0.001 1.02 (1.01–1.03) <0.001

Male [female] 1.30 (1.05–1.61) 0.015 1.34 (1.07–1.67) 0.010

Non-caucasian [Caucasian] 1.20 (0.97–1.49) 0.093 1.08 (0.86–1.34) 0.52

Indication for LT:

HCC [non-HCC] 1.67 (1.34–2.08) <0.001 1.17 (0.90–1.51) 0.23

HCV [non-HCV] 1.24 (1.00–1.53) 0.048 1.13 (0.92–1.40) 0.25

HBV [non-HBV] 0.73 (0.45–1.17) 0.19

BMI at LT:
<19 [22 to 25] 0.82 (0.53–1.27) 0.36
19 to 21 [22 to 25] 1.14 (0.92–1.41) 0.25

Delta BMI 0.89 (0.87–0.93) <0.001 0.89 (0.86–0.92) <0.001

Diabetes 1.36 (1.07–1.73) 0.013 1.22 (0.96–1.56) 0.11

MELD at LT 0.98 (0.97–1.00) 0.014 1.00 (0.98–1.01) 0.50

Dialysis in week prior to LT 1.01 (0.68–1.51) 0.95

Hospitalization within 90 days of LT 1.03 (0.77–1.37) 0.84

Mechanical Ventilator 0.57 (0.28–1.14) 0.11

Rejection in 1st year post-LT 1.12 (0.84–1.50) 0.44

DONOR FACTORS

Age 1.02 (1.01–1.02) <0.001 1.01 (1.01–1.02) <0.001

Male [female] 0.87 (0.72–1.07) 0.19

Non-caucasian [Caucasian] 1.27 (1.03–1.57) 0.028 1.24 (1.00–1.54) 0.055

Height 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.061 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.24

Weight 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.90

BMI 1.02 (0.99–1.04) 0.17

DCD Allograft 1.13 (0.71–1.80) 0.60

Cold ischemia time 1.02 (1.00–1.05) 0.11

Partial or Split Liver Allografta 0.41 (0.25–0.68) <0.001

Deceased [Living Donor Allograft] 2.64 (1.45–4.81) 0.002 2.31 (1.25–4.24) 0.007
a

Correlated with living donor, so not included in the multivariable model