Table 2:

Variables Associated With LVAD Support at time of Transplant

Variable	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
	Univariable Analysis		Multivariable Analysis
Age (Years)	1.00 (1.00 – 1.00)	0.557
Male Gender, n(%)	1.80 (1.66 – 1.95)	<0.001	1.42 (1.27 – 1.58)	<0.001
Ethnicity		<0.001		<0.001
White	(Reference)		(Reference)
African American	1.25 (1.15 – 1.36)		1.21 (1.08- 1.36)
Hispanic	0.80 (0.70 – 0.91)		0.85 (0.70 – 1.02)
Other	0.80 (0.68 – 0.96)		0.97 (0.77 – 1.23)
Diabetes, n(%)	1.29 (1.19 – 1.39)	<0.001	1.06 (0.96 – 1.18)	0.184
CVA, n(%)	1.08 (0.93 – 1.26)	0.293
Smoking, n(%)	1.46 (1.37 – 1.57)	<0.001	1.26 (1.15 – 1.38)	<0.001
AICD, n(%)	1.10 (1.01 – 1.20)	0.025	0.87 (0.76 – 0.98)	0.070
Blood Type O, n(%)	1.59 (1.48 – 1.70)	<0.001	1.28 (1.16 – 1.40)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	1.08 (1.07 – 1.09)	<0.001	1.05 (1.04 – 1.06)	<0.001
Non-Dilated Myopathy	0.11 (0.09 – 0.13)	<0.001	0.12 (0.09 – 0.15)	<0.001
Status @ Listing		<0.001		<0.001
Status 1A	(Reference)		(Reference)
Status 1B	0.83 (0.76 – 0.90)		0.71 (0.63 – 0.80)
Status 2	0.87 (0.81 – 0.93)		0.16 (0.14 – 0.19)
Status 1A @ Transplant	2.58 (2.40 – 2.78)	<0.001	2.94 (2.65 – 3.26)	<0.001
Functional Status		<0.001		<0.001
Poor	(Reference)		(Reference)
Moderate	1.04 (0.96 – 1.13)		1.69 (1.51 – 1.89)
Excellent	1.29 (1.16 – 1.43)		2.29 (1.98 – 2.66)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)	1.00 (1.00 – 1.00)	<0.001	1.01 (1.00 – 1.01)	<0.001
PVR (Woods Units)	0.89 (0.87 – 0.91)	<0.001	0.93 (0.91 – 0.96)	<0.001
Wait List Time > 6mo.	3.33 (3.10 – 3.58)	<0.001	5.90 (5.28 – 6.59)	<0.001
UNOS Region		<0.001		<0.001
1	(Reference)		(Reference)
2	0.61 (0.50 – 0.74)		0.63 (0.49 – 0.82)
3	0.38 (0.31 – 0.47)		0.33 (0.25 – 0.43)
4	0.51 (0.42 – 0.62)		0.57 (0.44 – 0.75)
5	0.40 (0.33 – 0.49)		0.57 (0.44 – 0.74)
6	1.75 (1.35 – 2.27)		3.28 (2.33 – 4.61)
7	1.20 (0.98 – 1.47)		1.35 (1.03 – 1.76)
8	0.69 (0.56 – 0.85)		0.88 (0.66 – 1.16)
9	1.11 (0.90 – 1.37)		0.92 (0.70 – 1.22)
10	1.06 (0.87 – 1.30)		1.21 (0.93 – 1.58)
11	0.79 (0.65 – 0.96)		0.86 (0.67 – 1.12)

CVA, cerebrovascular accident; AICD, automated internal cardioverter defibrillator; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; WL, waiting list; PA, pulmonary artery; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; UNOS, United Network of Organ Sharing