Table 4.

Estimated covariate effects on RMST in the absence of liver transplantation (L = 36 months)

	Linear			Log			Logistic
${\mathit{Z}}_i^D(0)$	${\widehat{\mathit{\beta }}}_D$	ASE1	p	${\widehat{\mathit{\beta }}}_D$	ASE1	p	${\widehat{\mathit{\beta }}}_D$	ASE1	p
Intercept	32.95	0.5	< 0.01	3.57	0.02	0.8	2.42	0.08	< 0.01
Year-2005	−1.02	0.05	< 0.01	−0.04	< 0.01	< 0.01	−0.16	0.01	< 0.01
Age-50 (Years)	−0.2	0.01	< 0.01	−0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	−0.04	< 0.01	< 0.01
Sodium-130 (mmol/l)	0.47	0.02	< 0.01	0.02	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.08	< 0.01	< 0.01
MELD Score-6	−0.89	0.02	< 0.01	−0.05	< 0.01	< 0.01	−0.16	< 0.01	< 0.01
UNOS Region	Reference Group: 5
1	−1.52	0.49	< 0.01	−0.06	0.02	< 0.01	−0.27	0.07	< 0.01
2	−1.35	0.38	< 0.01	−0.06	0.01	< 0.01	−0.22	0.06	< 0.01
3	−3.26	0.43	< 0.01	−0.11	0.02	< 0.01	−0.49	0.07	< 0.01
4	0.23	0.34	0.5	0.02	0.01	0.09	0.04	0.06	0.46
6	−0.97	0.54	0.07	< 0.01	0.02	0.95	−0.12	0.09	0.21
7	−0.59	0.42	0.16	−0.02	0.02	0.32	−0.1	0.07	0.14
8	−0.9	0.42	0.03	< 0.01	0.02	0.94	−0.13	0.07	0.06
9	−1.41	0.36	< 0.01	−0.07	0.01	< 0.01	−0.21	0.06	< 0.01
10	−2.24	0.48	< 0.01	−0.09	0.02	< 0.01	−0.39	0.07	< 0.01
11	−2.75	0.44	< 0.01	−0.1	0.02	< 0.01	−0.44	0.07	< 0.01
Gender	Reference Group: Male
Female	0.49	0.22	0.02	< 0.01	0.01	0.95	0.06	0.03	0.1
Race	Reference Group: White
Black	0.34	0.41	0.41	0.02	0.02	0.23	0.06	0.06	0.31
Hispanic	0.23	0.27	0.4	0.01	0.01	0.21	0.04	0.05	0.33
Asian	1.76	0.55	< 0.01	0.05	0.02	0.01	0.33	0.11	< 0.01
Others	−0.57	0.89	0.52	−0.01	0.04	0.74	−0.11	0.15	0.48
Blood Type	Reference Group: O
A	−0.08	0.21	0.72	−0.01	0.01	0.26	−0.02	0.03	0.63
B	−0.02	0.36	0.95	−0.01	0.01	0.59	< 0.01	0.06	0.97
AB	−0.59	0.78	0.44	−0.05	0.03	0.08	−0.19	0.11	0.1
Diagnosis	Reference Group: No or Yes
Hepatitis C	−1.33	0.33	< 0.01	−0.04	0.01	< 0.01	−0.26	0.05	< 0.01
Noncholestatic	0.76	0.33	0.02	0.06	0.01	< 0.01	0.12	0.05	0.02
Cholestatic	−1.26	0.45	0.01	−0.05	0.02	< 0.01	−0.28	0.07	< 0.01
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	2.27	0.81	0.01	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.56	0.18	< 0.01
Metastatic Disease	−2.95	0.66	< 0.01	−0.11	0.03	< 0.01	−0.53	0.11	< 0.01
Malignant Neoplasm	−7.24	0.37	< 0.01	−0.43	0.02	< 0.01	−1.23	0.06	< 0.01
BMI	Reference Group: (20, 25]
(0, 20]	−2.05	0.47	< 0.01	−0.07	0.02	< 0.01	−0.28	0.07	< 0.01
(25, 30]	0.02	0.27	0.95	0.01	0.01	0.25	−0.01	0.04	0.8
> 30	−0.09	0.27	0.74	< 0.01	0.01	0.98	−0.02	0.04	0.57
Hospitalized	Reference Group: Not Hospitalized
ICU	−1.83	0.65	< 0.01	−0.54	0.08	< 0.01	−0.82	0.14	< 0.01
not ICU	−2.41	0.42	< 0.01	−0.33	0.04	< 0.01	−0.49	0.08	< 0.01
Dialysis	Reference Group: No or Yes
Yes	1.69	0.54	< 0.01	0.13	0.04	< 0.01	0.49	0.09	< 0.01

An offset of L = 36 months is applied for log link.