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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Oct 7;163(3):853–860.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.09.097

Table 4.

Multivariable logistic regression model for donor and recipient factors independently associated with recipient one-year survival

95% Confidence Interval
Predictor Odds Ratio Lower Upper p-value
Donor/graft characteristics
 Age (per 5 years) 1.00 0.96 1.03 0.817
 Male sex (vs female) 1.14 0.93 1.38 0.207
 Race/ethnicity (reference: white)
  Black 0.67 0.55 0.82 <0.001
  Hispanic 0.80 0.64 1.00 0.054
  Other 1.16 0.73 1.83 0.541
 BMI (per unit) 1.01 0.99 1.03 0.267
 Cigarette use 0.75 0.61 0.93 0.009
 Diabetes 0.65 0.48 0.90 0.008
 Donor cause of death (reference: head trauma)
  Anoxia 1.01 0.77 1.34 0.922
  Cerebrovascular/stroke 0.94 0.76 1.17 0.592
  CNS tumor 0.87 0.37 2.05 0.750
  Other 0.92 0.55 1.54 0.743
 Ischemic time
  <5 hours (per hour) 1.03 0.92 1.15 0.592
  ≥5 hours (per hour) 0.88 0.81 0.95 0.001
 P/F ratio (per 10 units) 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.019
Recipient characteristics
 Male sex (vs female) 0.87 0.72 1.05 0.139
 Lung allocation score (LAS, per 5 units) 0.94 0.91 0.96 <0.001
 Donor-Recipient pTLC ratio
  <1 (per 0.1 unit increase) 1.04 0.94 1.14 0.450
  ≥1 1.00 0.93 1.06 0.903
 Race/ethnicity (reference: white)
  Black 1.05 0.78 1.39 0.765
  Hispanic 1.09 0.76 1.57 0.641
  Other 0.85 0.50 1.46 0.559
 Total bilirubin
  <0.75 mg/dL (per mg/dL) 0.59 0.39 0.90 0.015
  ≥0.75 mg/dL (per mg/dL) 0.96 0.87 1.06 0.400
 ECMO at transplant 0.26 0.13 0.53 <0.001
 Center annual lung transplant volume
  <40 (per 5 transplants) 1.09 1.03 1.15 0.007
  ≥40 (per 5 transplants) 0.97 0.90 1.04 0.367
 Single lung transplant 0.82 0.68 1.00 0.045

CNS, central nervous system; P/F, PaO2/FiO2; BMI, body mass index; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation