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. 2021 Jan 6;21:8. doi: 10.1186/s12911-020-01377-7

Table 1.

Rank-ordered logit estimates

Adult donor
Mean coefficient (standard error)
Pediatric donor
Mean coefficient (standard error)
Medical priority
 Lung allocation score

0.040***

(< 0.001)

0.038***

(< 0.001)

Candidate age
 Less than 12 years old

− 1.601***

(0.026)

1.946***

(0.056)

 Between 12 and 17 years old

1.928***

(0.033)

Proximity
 Distance (NM)

− 0.007***

(< 0.001)

− 0.007***

(< 0.001)

Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type
 Identical

1.008***

(< 0.001)

0.978***

(0.004)

 Compatible

− 1.008***

(< 0.001)

− 0.978***

(0.004)

(1) Blood type variables are effects coded, candidate age variables are dummy coded, LAS and distance are coded as continuous variables. (2) *** denotes p < .01 for statistical significance relative to adjacent categories