Table 5.

Determining factors of patients’ willingness to accept kidney transplant

	Sensitivity Analysis
	Logistic regression		Penalized maximum likelihood logistic regression		Poisson regression
	aOR (95% CI)	P-value	aOR (95% CI)	P-value	aIRR (95% CI)	P-value
Heard about kidney transplant (Prior knowledge)		0.891		0.948		0.962
Yes	1		1		1
No	0.93 (0.38–2.28)		0.93 (0.4–2.16)		0.95 (0.66–1.39)
Don’t Know/Not sure	1.81 (0.12–27.37)		1.36 (0.13–14.23)		1.06 (0.35–3.22)
Physician discussed transplant with patient,		0.809		0.801		0.912
Yes	1		1		1
No	1.1 (0.51–2.36)		1.1 (0.53–2.26)		1.02 (0.75–1.38)
Feel need to know more about Kidney transplant		0.456		0.614		0.840
Yes	1		1		1
No	3.18 (0.44–22.98)		2.32 (0.38–14.05)		1.19 (0.61–2.33)
Don’t Know/Not sure	6.19 (0.18–214.6)		3.69 (0.14–96.66)		1.19 (0.36–3.97)
Willing to attend a class about kidney transplant		0.016*		0.034*		0.100
Yes	1		1		1
No	0.09 (0.01–0.63)		0.13 (0.02–0.77)		0.58 (0.27–1.24)
Don’t Know/Not sure	0.02 (0.001–0.37)		0.03 (0.001–0.59)		0.4 (0.11–1.37)
Willingness to donate kidneys,		0.004**		0.005**		0.264
Yes	1		1		1
No	0.29 (0.13–0.64)		0.32 (0.15–0.68)		0.7 (0.45–1.11)
Not sure	0.38 (0.16–0.91)		0.41 (0.18–0.93)		0.84 (0.56–1.25)
Can a living person donate kidney		< 0.001***		< 0.001***		0.015*
Yes	1		1		1
No	0.11 (0.02–0.76)		0.16 (0.03–0.87)		0.45 (0.11–1.87)
Don’t Know/Not sure	0.1 (0.04–0.27)		0.13 (0.05–0.33)		0.4 (0.21–0.77)
Perception of quality of life after kidney transplant		0.004**		0.007**		0.173
Incorrect	1		1		1
Correct	3.11 (1.42–6.78)		2.76 (1.32–5.76)		1.32 (0.89–1.96)
Would you ask for a kidney donation		< 0.001		< 0.001***		0.012*
No	1		1		1
Yes	5.82 (2.53–13.43)		4.83 (2.19–10.65)		1.99 (1.16–3.42)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, CI Confidence interval, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, IRR Incidence risk ratio, Background characteristics controlled for in the models were age, sex, dialysis status, insurance status, wealth quintile, religion, insurance status,