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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2020 Mar;104(3):542–550. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002908

Table 4.

Risk Factors for mortality and graft failure in SLK recipients.

Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI, p-value)
Mortality Kidney Graft Failure Liver Graft Failure
DGF 1.62 (1.43–1.82, <0.001) 2.63 (2.20–3.15, <0.001) 1.62 (1.44–1.82, <0.001)
Previous liver transplant 1.47 (1.29–1.68, <0.001) 1.27 (1.01–1.60, 0.04) 1.47 (1.29–1.67, <0.001)
Recipient HCV 1.45 (1.32–1.61, <0.001) 1.49 (1.26–1.76, <0.001) 1.42 (1.29–1.57, <0.001)
Previous kidney transplant 1.38 (1.13–1.69, <0.001) 1.46 (1.07–1.98, 0.02) 1.34 (1.10–1.62, 0.004)
Hospitalized pretransplant 1.32 (1.18–1.49, <0.001) 1.18 (0.96–1.43, 0.1) 1.33 (1.19–1.49, <0.001)
DCD 1.31 (1.01–1.71, 0.04) 1.49 (0.98–2.25, 0.1) 1.40 (1.08–1.80, 0.01)
Donor age, per 10 years 1.17 (1.13–1.22, <0.001) 1.31 (1.23–1.39, <0.001) 1.17 (1.13–1.22, <0.001)
Recipient age, per 10 years 1.15 (1.09–1.21, <0.001) 0.93 (0.85–1.01, 0.1) 1.12 (1.06–1.18, <0.001)
Transplant year 0.95 (0.93–0.96, <0.001) 0.95 (0.92–0.97, <0.001) 0.94 (0.93–0.96, <0.001)
Pretransplant dialysis 1.08 (0.97–1.21, 0.2) 1.25 (1.03–1.51, 0.02) 1.06 (0.96–1.19, 0.3)
Donor creatinine, per mg/dL 1.04 (0.99–1.09, 0.2) 1.10 (1.04–1.16, 0.001) 1.03 (0.98–1.09, 0.3)
Donor female 1.01 (0.91–1.12, 0.9) 1.07 (0.91–1.27, 0.4) 1.02 (0.92–1.13, 0.7)
Use of induction immunosuppression 1.01 (0.90–1.15, 0.8) 0.94 (0.77–1.15, 0.6) 1.01 (0.90–1.14, 0.8)
Donor cold ischemia time, liver, hours 1.001 (0.99–1.09, 0.2) 1.01 (0.99–1.03, 0.3) 1.01 (0.99–1.02, 0.5)
MELD 0.99 (0.99–1.002, 0.1) 1.00 (0.97–1.00, 0.05) 0.99 (0.98–1.001, 0.1)
Donor BMI, per 5 kg/m2 0.96 (0.92–1.01, 0.1) 0.97 (0.90–1.04, 0.4) 0.96 (0.92–1.001, 0.1)
Recipient female 0.96 (0.86–1.07, 0.4) 1.03 (0.87–1.23, 0.7) 0.94 (0.85–1.05, 0.3)
Donor share type – Local Reference Reference Reference
Regional 0.95 (0.81–1.10, 0.5) 1.22 (0.98–1.53, 0.1) 0.90 (0.78–1.05, 0.2)
National 1.12 (0.80–1.58, 0.5) 1.15 (0.68–1.95, 0.6) 1.05 (0.74–1.48, 0.8)
Recipient race – white Reference Reference Reference
 Black 1.14 (0.995–1.30, 0.1) 1.36 (1.11–1.67, 0.004) 1.12 (0.98–1.27, 0.1)
 Other 0.85 (0.67–1.08, 0.2) 0.94 (0.74–1.19, 0.6) 0.87 (0.69–1.10, 0.3)
Donor race – White Reference Reference Reference
 Black 1.04 (0.91–1.19, 0.6) 1.24 (1.003–1.54, 0.05) 1.09 (0.96–1.25, 0.2)
 Other 1.02 (0.78–1.34, 0.9) 1.17 (0.76–1.79, 0.5) 1.00 (0.76–1.31, 1.0)