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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2019 Nov 20;26(3):349–358. doi: 10.1002/lt.25662

Table 2.

Competing risk analysis for waitlist mortality among all patients listed for liver transplant

Univariable Multivariable*

SHR 95% CI P value SHR 95% CI P value

Age ≥65 (at listing) 1.43 1.36–1.50 <0.001 1.51 1.40 – 1.64 <0.001
HCC 0.83 0.66–1.05 0.12 0.87 0.55 – 1.37 0.55
Female gender 1.19 1.10–1.28 <0.001
Liver diagnosis
 Alcohol Ref Ref
 Hepatitis C 1.09 0.95–1.24 0.22 1.16 1.11 – 1.23 <0.001
 NASH 1.15 1.02–1.31 0.03 1.08 1.03 – 1.14 0.002
 Autoimmune/cholestatic 0.97 0.86–1.09 0.62 0.93 0.85 – 1.02 0.12
 Other 1.11 0.90–1.36 0.33 1.08 0.94 – 1.24 0.30
MELD at transplant per point 1.05 1.02–1.08 <0.001 1.04 1.01–1.07 0.01
Hepatic encephalopathy 2.84 2.09–3.87 <0.001 1.75 1.55–1.97 <0.001
Private insurance 0.76 0.71–0.81 <0.001 0.86 0.79–0.93 <0.001

SHR, subhazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; MELD, model for end stage liver disease

*

Multivariable model also adjusted for blood type, region, era, and interaction term between age and HCC