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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2017 Apr 4;17(9):2410–2419. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14239

Figure 3. Multivariate Subdistribution Hazards Model by Liver Transplant Waitlist Status.

Figure 3

*Reference >3.5g/dL

† Statistically significant interaction term

The Figure demonstrates the Hazard Ratio for risk factors for mortality determined by the subdistribution hazards model among patients with MELDNa ≤ 15 according to transplant waitlist status. Overall risk factors for patients on the waitlist are the same as risk factors for those not waitlisted. However, the effect of hepatic hydrothorax and malnutrition differ whether an individual is the liver transplant waitlist or not. The model is adjusted for age, gender, race, insurance, Elixhauser score and maximum MELDNa score. Severe hypoalbuminemia is defined as maximum serum albumin <2.8g/dl during the study period. Moderate hypoalbuminemia is defined as a maximum serum albumin 2.8–3.5g/dl during the study period.

Abbrev: CI: confidence interval, g/dl: gram per deciliter, NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis MELDNa: Model for end-stage liver disease sodium