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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2018 Mar;102(3):502–509. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001944

Table 2B.

Comparisons of adverse outcome of heart transplantation by DSA strength in MFI.

p valuea
Adverse Outcome Variable No DSA
(N=68)
DSA MFI ≥ 7000
(N=33)
DSA MFI <7000
(N=26)
All patients
(N=127)
All patients No DSA vs DSA MFI ≥7000 No DSA vs DSA MFI < 7000 DSA MFI <7000 vs ≥7000
Acute rejections per patient-year 0.5±0.9 2.0±1.4 1.0±1.1 0.9±1.3 <0.0001† <0.0001§ <0.0372§ 0.0059§
CAV 8
(11.7%)
17
(51.5%)
7
(26.9%)
32
(25.1%)
0.0001 0.0002 0.107* 0.1749
Graft loss# 12
(17.6%)
10
(39.3%)
5
(19.2%)
27
(21.2%)
0.56 0.282 0.722 0.594
#

Graft loss due to CAV and/or acute rejections is only used in this analysis.

Note:

a

† by ANOVA; § by t test; * by Fisher’s Exact Test; Otherwise by Chi Square Test