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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2019 Aug;103(8):1714–1721. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002498

Table 2.

Comparison of original vs updated KDRI coefficients

Donor Factors See Footnote Updated log HR Updated SE Original log HR Original SE Signif. Different?
Race: African American 0.1452 0.0128 0.179 0.0306 No
Age-40 a 0.0073 0.0008 0.0128 0.0011 Yes
Age-20, if age <20 b −0.0250 0.0024 −0.019 0.0048 No
Age-40, if age >40 c 0.0074 0.0012 0.0107 0.0026 No
Height – 170, age > 12, per 10cm d −0.0288 0.0060 −0.0464 0.0081 No
Wt – 80, per 5kg, if age >12 e −0.0105 0.0027 −0.0199 0.0050 No
Wt-80, per 5kg, if age>12) and Wt >80 f 0.0111 0.0039 0 0 Yes
Cr-1 0.1267 0.0148 0.220 0.0333 Yes
Cr-1.5, if Cr > 1.5 −0.1130 0.0211 −0.209 0.0472 No
Donation after circulatory death 0.0971 0.0159 0.133 0.0581 No
Cause of death: stroke 0.0611 0.0100 0.088 0.0219 No
HCV positive 0.2742 0.0277 0.240 0.0600 No
Diabetes history 0–5 years g 0.1530 0.0220 0.130 0.0434 No
Diabetes history 6–10 years g 0.2875 0.0349 0.130 0.0434 Yes
Diabetes history > 10 years g 0.3563 0.0338 0.130 0.0434 Yes
Diabetes history yes, duration unknown g 0.2059 0.0441 0.130 0.0434 No
Hypertension history 0–5 years h 0.0853 0.0130 0.1260 0.0245 No
Hypertension history 6–10 years h 0.1136 0.0198 0.1260 0.0245 No
Hypertension history > 10 years h 0.1344 0.0190 0.1260 0.0245 No
Hypertension history yes, duration unknown h 0.0854 0.0213 0.1260 0.0245 No
Greater than 20 pack-year i 0.0260 0.0094 0 0 Yes
a.

Test applies to ages 20 to 40, considering the positioning of the knots in the original (ages 18 and 50) and updated (ages 20 and 40) KDRI formulas.

b.

Coded as (age – 18)I(age <18) in the original KDRI formula.

c.

Coded as (age – 50)I(age >50) in the original KDRI formula.

d.

Height parameter applies to all ages in original KDRI formula.

e.

Weight parameter applies to all ages in original KDRI formula.

f.

No change-point at 80 kg in original KDRI formula.

g.

In original KDRI formula, donor diabetes (yes vs no) was included.

h.

In original KDRI formula, donor hypertension (yes vs no) was included.

i.

Smoking was not included in original KDRI formula.