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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Apr;11(4):e004586. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004586

Table 2. Predictors of CF-LVAD Utilization on Waitlist.

Univariable Analysis Multivariable Analysis

Risk Factors Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-value Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-value
Patient characteristics
  Male Gender 1.52 (1.42 – 1.61) <0.001 1.40 (1.30 – 1.51) <0.001
  Ethnicity <0.001 <0.001
   White (Reference) (Reference)
   African American 1.30 (1.22 – 1.39) 1.15 (1.06 – 1.24)
   Hispanic 0.85 (0.77 – 0.95) 0.90 (0.79 – 1.03)
   Other 0.63 (0.60 – 0.65) 0.85 (0.72 – 1.00)
  Diabetes 1.25 (1.18 – 1.33) <0.001 1.07 (0.99 – 1.14) 0.071
  Smoking 1.35 (1.28 – 1.43) <0.001 1.19 (1.12 – 1.27) <0.001
  Function Status <0.001 <0.001
   Excellent (Reference) (Reference)
   Moderate 0.95 (0.89 – 1.01) 1.31 (1.21 – 1.43)
   Poor 1.17 (1.08 – 1.28) 1.68 (1.51 – 1.88)
  AICD 1.07 (1.01 – 1.14) 0.033 0.96 (0.89 – 1.05) 0.390
  Blood Type O 1.40 (1.33 – 1.48) <0.001 1.62 (1.52 – 1.73) <0.001
  BSA > 2.25 1.68 (1.57 – 1.79) <0.001 1.52 (1.39 – 1.65) <0.001
Diagnosis <0.001 <0.001
  Dilated Myopathy (Reference) (Reference)
  Non-Dilated Myopathy 0.18 (0.16 – 0.20) <0.001 0.19 (0.17 – 0.22)
UNOS Status @ Listing <0.001 <0.001
  Status 1A (Reference) (Reference)
  Status 1B 1.06 (0.99 – 1.13) 0.71 (0.66 – 0.78)
  Status 2 0.85 (0.80 – 0.90) 0.21 (0.19 – 0.23)
UNOS Region <0.001 <0.001
 1 1.06 (0.92 – 1.22) 1.00 (0.63 – 1.58)
 2 (Reference) (Reference)
 3 0.69 (0.62 – 0.77) 0.38 (0.24 – 0.60)
 4 0.80 (0.71 – 0.89) 0.78 (0.51 – 1.18)
 5 0.69 (0.62 – 0.76) 2.41 (1.50 – 3.86)
 6 2.20 (1.86 – 2.62) 3.57 (2.17 – 5.89)
 7 1.51 (1.35 – 1.69) 3.79 (2.42 – 5.94)
 8 0.96 (0.84 – 1.09) 1.73 (1.11 – 2.68)
 9 1.30 (1.15 – 1.47) 1.22 (0.86 – 1.72)
 10 1.49 (1.33 – 1.68) 3.18 (1.84 – 5.50)
 11 1.41 (1.27 – 1.57) 3.75 (2.42 – 5.80)