Table 2:

Multivariable analysis of likelihood of agreement with the statement about transplant

Variables	“Transplanted patients live longer than dialysis patients”		“Patients > 60 years live longer with transplant than on dialysis”		“Diabetic patients with kidney disease live longer with transplant compared with dialysis”		“Transplant without prior dialysis (pre-emptive transplant) leads to better results”
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Male	1.23	0.86 to 1.76	1.26	0.88 to 1.81	0.77	0.54 to1.09	0.86	0.55 to 1.33
Non-White	0.68*	0.47 to 0.98	0.81	0.55 to 1.18	0.7	0.48 to 1.01	0.8	0.50 to 1.27
Age > 60 years	0.65*	0.45 to 0.94	0.64*	0.44 to 0.93	0.54*	0.38 to 0.77	0.81	0.50 to 1.30
Married	1.21	0.83 to 1.76	1.1	0.75 to 1.60	1.2	0.83 to 1.73	1.41	0.90 to 2.22
Urban residence	1.08	0.69 to 1.70	0.93	0.60 to 1.45	1.15	0.75 to 1.78	0.94	0.55 to 1.63
Home to dialysis unit ≤ 10 miles	0.86	0.59 to 1.25	0.85	0.58 to 1.23	1.13	0.79 to 1.62	1.21	0.76 to 1.91
Less than high school diploma	1.21	0.85 to 1.73	0.87	0.61 to 1.26	1.04	0.74 to 1.47	0.58*	0.37 to 0.92
More than 5 years on dialysis	0.91	0.62 to 1.33	0.71	0.48 to 1.05	0.73	0.50 to 1.05	0.89	0.55 to 1.42
Previous transplant	2.42*	1.44 to 4.08	2.32*	1.39 to 3.87	2.50*	1.42 to 4.39	2.34*	1.31 to 4.18
Received at least 3 forms of education about transplant	2.19*	1.50 to 3.20	1.18	0.79 to 1.77	2.04*	1.39 to 3.01	1.67*	1.06 to 2.64
Transplant was discussed by physician at least twice in the past year	1.05	0.72 to 1.52	0.9	0.62 to 1.31	1.34	0.94 to 1.92	1.21	0.77 to 1.91

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^*, p<0.05