Table 3.

Cox Proportional Hazards regression analysis for post-transplant mortality

		95% Confidence Interval
Predictor	Hazard Ratio	Lower	Upper	p-value
Donor/graft characteristics
Age (per year)	1.01	1.01	1.01	< 0.001
Male gender (vs female)	0.96	0.90	1.03	0.232
Ethnicity
White	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Black	1.09	1.00	1.17	0.043
Hispanic	1.05	0.97	1.14	0.237
Other	1.26	1.08	1.47	0.004
Preprocurement steroids	1.01	0.95	1.08	0.733
Preprocurement T4	1.00	0.94	1.06	0.954
Ischemic time (per hour)	1.11	1.08	1.14	< 0.001
Brain death time
22–42 hours	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
< 22 hours	1.02	0.94	1.12	0.627
> 42 hours	1.01	0.94	1.08	0.792
Recipient characteristics
Age (per year)	1.00	1.00	1.01	< 0.001
Male gender (vs female)	1.00	0.94	1.08	0.896
Ethnicity
White	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Black	1.27	1.18	1.36	< 0.001
Hispanic	0.99	0.89	1.10	0.817
Other	0.96	0.83	1.12	0.634
BMI	1.01	1.01	1.02	< 0.001
Diabetes	1.23	1.15	1.31	< 0.001
VAD at transplant	1.16	1.08	1.24	< 0.001
IV inotropes at transplant	1.00	0.93	1.07	0.974
IV antibiotics in two weeks before transplant	1.21	1.11	1.32	< 0.001
Pre-transplant recipient status
Intensive care unit	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Hospitalized (non-ICU)	0.94	0.86	1.02	0.135
Not hospitalized	0.84	0.79	0.91	< 0.001
Year of transplant (per year)	0.98	0.97	0.99	< 0.001

BMI, body mass index; VAD, ventricular assist device; ICU, intensive care unit