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Published in final edited form as: Clin Transplant. 2017 Feb 8;31(3):10.1111/ctr.12911. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12911

Table 3.

Unadjusted risk of waitlist mortality.

Parameter	HR	95% CI	p-value
Traditional
Age (per 1-year increase)	1.04	1.01–1.08	0.007
African American race	0.72	0.38–1.36	0.31
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²	0.42	0.21–0.85	0.02
Dialysis time (per 1-year increase)	1.12	1.01–1.23	0.03
On dialysis	2.40	1.01–5.73	0.05
Morphometric
Total abdominal fat attenuation, HU	1.03	1.00–1.05	0.02
Paraspinous muscle total volume, cm³	0.97	0.95–0.99	0.01
Paraspinous muscle total attenuation, HU	0.95	0.93–0.97	< 0.001
Paraspinous muscle fat volume, cm³	1.08	1.04–1.11	< 0.001
Paraspinous muscle lean volume, cm³	0.95	0.93–0.97	< 0.001
Paraspinous muscle lean attenuation, HU	0.94	0.91–0.96	< 0.001
Psoas muscle total volume, cm³	0.95	0.91–0.98	0.002
Psoas muscle total attenuation, HU	0.93	0.91–0.95	< 0.001
Psoas muscle fat volume, cm³	1.38	1.14–1.68	0.001
Psoas muscle lean volume, cm³	0.93	0.90–0.97	< 0.001
Psoas muscle lean attenuation, HU	0.92	0.89–0.95	< 0.001
Abdominal aortic calcification, Agatston units	1.00	1.00–1.00	0.08
Presence of abdominal aortic calcification	2.64	1.11–6.31	0.03