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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2020 Jan 20;20(6):1582–1596. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15760

Table 3B:

Top 15 characteristics most predictive of organ acceptance

Characteristic Standardized Coefficient Rank (importance)
Donor age −0.710 1
Donor LV EF 2
> 50% 0.588
≤50% 0.000
Unknown −0.108
Donor height 0.262 3
Donor cause of death 4
Head trauma 0.179
Anoxia −0.018
Other −0.006
Cerebrovascular/stroke 0.000
CNS tumor 0.005
Donor PHS risk factors 5
Yes −0.166
No 0.000
Unknown 0.000
Donor hypertension 6
Yes −0.166
No 0.010
Unknown 0.000
Donor blood type 7
O 0.139
A 0.000
AB −0.161
B −0.071
Donor history of cigarette use 8
Yes −0.103
No 0.022
Unknown 0.000
Donor race 9
Multiracial −0.087
White 0.012
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander −0.024
Asian −0.014
Native American/Alaska Native −0.009
Black −0.010
Hispanic 0.000
Donor BUN −0.071 10
Donor history of MI 11
Yes −0.003
No 0.066
Unknown 0.000
Donor history of diabetes 12
Yes, > 10 years −0.065
Yes, 6-10 years −0.057
Yes, 0-5 years 0.000
Yes, unknown years −0.029
Unknown 0.030
No 0.061
Donor sex 13
Male 0.062
Female −0.044
Donor BMI 0.054 14
Donor total bilirubin −0.033 15

LV: left ventricular, EF: ejection fraction, MI: myocardial infarction, CNS: central nervous system; BUN: blood urea nitrogen, PHS: public health service; BMI: body mass index