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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2020 Dec 11;27(4):558–567. doi: 10.1002/lt.25918

Table 2.

Hierarchical additive hazards model and Cox proportional hazards model regressions for the association of race and survival, stratified by center-level characteristics, 2010 - 2017.

Unadjusted Clinical1 Clinical + Socioeconomic2 Clinical + Socioeconomic + Center3
Survival Difference per 100,000 PY (95% CI) Hazard Ratio (95% CI) Survival Difference per 100,000 PY (95% CI) Hazard Ratio (95% CI) Survival Difference per 100,000 PY (95% CI) Hazard Ratio (95% CI) Survival Difference per 100,000 PY (95% CI) Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Overall 3.30 (2.07, 4.53) 1.24 (1.13, 1.37) 3.68 (2.47, 4.89) 1.27 (1.16, 1.38) 3.25 (2.03, 4.47) 1.23 (1.12, 1.34) 3.07 (1.82, 4.32) 1.21 (1.12, 1.31)
Transplant volume
 Low 2.31 (−1.79, 6.41) 1.16 (0.89, 1.50) 3.47 (−0.61, 7.55) 1.22 (0.96, 1.55) 2.87 (−1.21, 6.95) 1.18 (0.93, 1.49) 2.58 (−1.52, 6.68) 1.14 (0.90, 1.46)
 Medium 2.44 (0.05, 4.83) 1.18 (1.01, 1.37) 2.27 (−0.04, 4.54) 1.16 (1.00, 1.35) 1.70 (−0.57, 3.97) 1.12 (0.96, 1.30) 1.45 (−0.84, 3.74) 1.09 (0.94, 1.28)
 High 3.75 (2.22, 5.28) 1.28 (1.14, 1.44) 4.22 (2.72, 5.72) 1.31 (1.18, 1.46) 3.86 (2.36, 5.36) 1.28 (1.15, 1.43) 3.74 (2.22, 5.26) 1.27 (1.15, 1.39)
Proportion of black patients at center
 Low 4.64 (−0.52, 9.79) 1.36 (1.02, 1.80) 4.08 (−0.51, 8.67) 1.30 (0.95, 1.78) 3.69 (−0.90, 8.28) 1.27 (0.93, 1.73) 3.62 (−0.97, 8.21) 1.26 (0.92, 1.72)
 Medium 2.63 (0.47, 4.79) 1.20 (1.05, 1.37) 3.11 (1.03, 5.19) 1.22 (1.07, 1.39) 2.70 (0.60, 4.80) 1.19 (1.04, 1.36) 2.79 (0.69, 4.89) 1.19 (1.04, 1.37)
 High 3.41 (1.79, 5.03) 1.25 (1.12, 1.39) 3.66 (2.06, 5.26) 1.26 (1.14, 1.39) 3.17 (1.56, 4.78) 1.22 (1.11, 1.35) 3.16 (1.55, 4.77) 1.22 (1.09, 1.34)
SRTR tier
 1 5.00 (0.67, 9.33) 1.37 (1.14, 1.65) 4.75 (0.44, 9.06) 1.34 (1.11, 1.62) 4.77 (0.42, 9.12) 1.33 (1.11, 1.60) 4.67 (0.32, 9.02) 1.32 (1.09, 1.58)
 2 4.97 (2.58, 7.36) 1.35 (1.14, 1.61) 4.99 (2.60, 7.38) 1.35 (1.14, 1.61) 4.58 (2.19, 6.97) 1.31 (1.10, 1.57) 4.44 (2.03, 6.85) 1.30 (1.09, 1.54)
 3 2.75 (0.61, 4.89) 1.21 (1.06, 1.37) 3.05 (0.89, 5.21) 1.22 (1.07, 1.38) 2.64 (0.48, 4.80) 1.19 (1.04, 1.35) 2.49 (0.31, 4.67) 1.17 (1.03, 1.33)
 4 2.00 (−0.43, 4.43) 1.15 (0.98, 1.34) 2.41 (−0.02, 4.84) 1.16 (1.00, 1.36) 2.02 (−0.41, 4.54) 1.13 (0.97, 1.32) 1.73 (−0.72, 4.18) 1.11 (0.95, 1.29)
 5 2.36 (−0.84, 5.55) 1.18 (0.93, 1.50) 3.27 (0.08, 6.46) 1.25 (1.01, 1.56) 2.84 (−0.38, 6.04) 1.22 (0.98, 1.52) 2,61 (−0.62, 5.84) 1.20 (0.97, 1.49)
Geographic region
 Northeast 4.16 (1.40, 6.92) 1.29 (1.13, 1.49) 4.06 (1.30, 6.82) 1.26 (1.09, 1.46) 3.72 (0.96, 6.48) 1.23 (1.06, 1.43) 3.62 (0.84, 6.40) 1.22 (1.06, 1.41)
 Midwest 3.15 (0.07, 6.23) 1.23 (1.03, 1.47) 2.88 (1.36, 5.62) 1.20 (1.01, 1.42) 2.32 (−0.42, 5.06) 1.15 (0.97, 1.37) 2.18 (−0.58, 4.94) 1.14 (0.95, 1.36)
 South 2.98 (1.33, 4.64) 1.22 (1.07, 1.40) 3.70 (2.07, 5.33) 1.28 (1.13, 1.45) 3.38 (1.74, 5.02) 1.25 (1.10, 1.42) 3.28 (1.62, 4.94) 1.24 (1.11, 1.39)
 West 2.62 (−0.17, 6.89) 1.20 (0.95, 1.52) 2.50 (−1.62, 6.62) 1.18 (0.96, 1.45) 2.23 (−1.89, 6.35) 1.15 (0.94, 1.42) 2.14 (−1.98, 6.26) 1.14 (0.93, 1.41)
1

Adjusted for age, year of transplant, sex, MELD at transplant, underlying cause of disease, recipient medical condition at transplant, body mass index (BMI), donor risk index (DRI), portal vein thrombosis (PVT), history of diabetes, and dialysis at transplant.

2

Adjusted for age, year of transplant, sex, MELD at transplant, underlying cause of disease, recipient medical condition at transplant, body mass index (BMI), donor risk index (DRI), portal vein thrombosis (PVT), history of diabetes, dialysis at transplant, educational attainment, zip-code income, and primary payer.

3

Adjusted for age, year of transplant, sex, MELD at transplant, underlying cause of disease, recipient medical condition at transplant, body mass index (BMI), donor risk index (DRI), portal vein thrombosis (PVT), history of diabetes, dialysis at transplant, educational attainment, zip-code income, primary payer, and center-level characteristics.