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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Feb 8;16(6):965–973.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.12.017

Table 3.

Multivariate Cox Regression Analysis Assessing Predictors for Overall Risk of Waitlist Mortality From Waitlist Registration Among PBC Waitlist Registrants, OPTN/UNOS 2000–2014

Multivariate HRa 95% CI P
value
Initial age 1.04 1.03–1.04 .04
Gender
 Female Reference
 Male 0.74 0.58–0.95 .02
Ethnicity
 White Reference
 Black 0.69 0.46–1.04 .07
 Hispanic 1.41 1.15–1.74 <.001
 Asian 0.62 0.32–1.20 .16
 Other 1.49 0.84–2.63 .17
Body mass index 1.00 0.99–1.02 .73
Diabetes 1.08 0.87–1.35 .49
Initial MELD score 1.02 1.01–1.04 <.001
Ascites 1.10 1.01–1.18 .22
Hepatic encephalopathy
 None Reference
 Moderate 1.09 0.93–1.29 .30
 Severe 1.49 1.05–2.42 .04
Portal venous thrombosis 0.82 .32
Spontaneous bacterial 1.13 0.77–1.02 .54
 peritonitis

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; OPTN/UNOS, Organ Procurement Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing; PBC, primary biliary cholangitis.

a

Additionally adjusted for OPTN/UNOS Region of listing.