Table 2.

Univariate analysis of delisting due to death or clinical deterioration

Risk Factor	Hazard Ratio [95% CI]	p-value
Age, per year	1.02 [1.02-1.02]	<0.001
Male	0.85 [0.83-0.86]	<0.001
Race
White	Reference
Black	1.07 [1.04-1.11]	<0.001
Hispanic	1.22 [1.19-1.25]	<0.001
Asian	0.92 [0.87-0.97]	0.001
Other*	1.12 [1.03-1.22]	0.01
Education level
Less than high school	Reference
High school diploma/GED	0.82 [0.78-0.85]	<0.001
Attended college	0.73 [0.70-0.76]	<0.001
Associate's/Bachelor's degree	0.66 [0.63-0.69]	<0.001
Graduate degree	0.62 [0.59-0.66]	<0.001
Insurance type
Private	Reference
Medicare	1.42 [1.39-1.45]	<0.001
Medicaid	1.27 [1.24-1.31]	<0.001
Employed at listing	0.61 [0.59-0.63]	<0.001
Dialysis twice in prior week at listing	2.55 [2.45-2.65]	<0.001
MELD score at listing, per point	1.02 [1.02-1.02]	<0.001
Liver disease etiology
Alcoholic liver disease	Reference
Acute liver failure	1.07 [1.01-1.13]	0.017
Cholestatic liver disease	0.80 [0.77-0.84]	<0.001
Hepatitis B	0.83 [0.77-0.89]	<0.001
Hepatitis C	1.03 [1.00-1.06]	0.03
HCC	0.75 [0.72-0.78]	<0.001
NASH	1.10 [1.06-1.15]	<0.001
Other	1.06 [1.03-1.09]	<0.001
Encephalopathy
None	Reference
Grade 1-2	1.27 [1.24-1.30]	<0.001
Grade 3-4	1.85 [1.78-1.93]	<0.001
Ascites
Absent	Reference
Slight	1.31 [1.28-1.35]	<0.001
Moderate	1.66 [1.61-1.70]	<0.001
UNOS Region
Region 1	Reference
Region 2	0.87 [0.82-0.91]	<0.001
Region 3	0.48 [0.46-0.51]	<0.001
Region 4	0.85 [0.81-0.89]	<0.001
Region 5	0.95 [0.91-1.00]	0.04
Region 6	0.67 [0.62-0.72]	<0.001
Region 7	0.79 [0.75-0.84]	<0.001
Region 8	0.72 [0.68-0.76]	<0.001
Region 9	0.99 [0.94-1.05]	0.81
Region 10	0.63 [0.59-0.66]	<0.001
Region 11	0.59 [0.56-0.62]	<0.001

^*Other race includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and multiracial. All continuous variables reported as median (IQR). All categorical variables reported as N (%). GED: general educational development; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma