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. 2009 May 3;11(4):304–312. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00397.x

Table 3.

Univariable risks for respiratory viral infection (RVI)

Univariable hazard ratios for time to RVI
Risk factor Number in analysis Hazard ratio (95% CI) P‐value
Age at transplant in years (quintiles)
 16.4–21 115 Reference <0.01
 14–16.4 113 0.85 (0.29, 2.5)
 11.4–14 116 2.5 (1.02, 6.0)
 5.5–11.4 113 3.2 (1.3, 7.5)
 0–5.4 117 4.7 (2.1, 10.8)
Year of transplant (quintiles)
 2002–2005 122 Reference 0.063
 1985–1992 88 1.1 (0.41, 2.8)
 1993–1996 142 1.9 (0.91, 4.1)
 1997–1998 92 2.4 (1.07, 5.2)
 1999–2001 132 2.5 (1.2, 5.2)
No induction therapy 532 1.9 (1.2, 3.1) 0.012
Home‐going regimen: cyclosporine 576 1.8 (1.00, 3.1) 0.049
Diagnosis other than cystic fibrosis 575 3.2 (2.0, 5.3) <0.001
Transplant type
 Heart/lung 134 Reference 0.073
 Single 14 1.1 (0.14, 8.7)
 Living donor 27 2.5 (0.76, 8.0)
 Bilateral cadaveric 400 2.5 (1.2, 4.9)
CMV before RVI 576 1.2 (0.60, 2.3) 0.66
Any rejection before RVI 576 0.78 (0.47, 1.3) 0.34
Two rejections before RVI 576 0.67 (0.38, 1.2) 0.17
A2 rejection before RVI 576 1.06 (0.63, 1.8) 0.83
Two A2 rejections before RVI 576 0.90 (0.44, 1.9) 0.78
Two treated rejections before RVI 576 0.77 (0.40, 1.5) 0.43
BOS before RVI 576 1.7 (0.50, 5.5) 0.69

CI, confidence interval; CMV, cytomegalovirus; A2, grade of rejection; BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.