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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 3D:

Top 15 characteristics most predictive of mortality or re-transplantation within 30 days

Characteristic Standardized Coefficient Rank (importance)
Cold ischemic time 1
< 4 hours −0.066
≥4 hours 0.000
Unknown 0.160
Recipient height −0.127 2
Recipient cigarette use 3
Yes 0.000
No 0.000
Unknown 0.088
Recipient prior cardiac surgery 4
Yes 0.082
No −0.030
Unknown 0.000
Donor cocaine use 5
Yes 0.074
No 0.000
Unknown −0.036
Donor PHS high risk 6
Yes 0.029
No −0.049
Unknown 0.000
Recipient race 7
Hispanic 0.000
Asian 0.047
White 0.000
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.000
Black 0.000
Multiracial 0.044
Native American/Alaska Native 0.000
Recipient diabetes 8
Yes, > 10 years 0.000
Yes, 6-10 years 0.000
Yes, 0-5 years 0.000
Yes, unknown years 0.000
No 0.000
Unknown 0.033
Donor last serum sodium −0.029 9
Donor hypertension 10
Yes 0.000
No −0.028
Unknown 0.013
Donor blood type 11
O 0.000
AB 0.027
A 0.000
B 0.000
Recipient weight −0.023 12
Center volume 13
Very low 0.000
Low 0.000
Medium 0.000
High −0.019
Recipient hypertension 14
Yes 0.000 15
No −0.013
Unknown 0.000

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