Table 2.

Univariate Competing Risk Analysis of Predictors of Wait-list Removal Due to Death or Too Sick

Predictor variables	Sub HR (95 % CI)	P Value
ALD (vs non-ALD)	0.89 (0.86–0.93)	< 0.001
Age, yrs (vs 18–34)
35–49	1.45 (1.32–1.61)	< 0.001
50–64	2.09 (1.89–2.31)	< 0.001
65 and older	2.96 (2.66–2.27)	< 0.001
Female Sex	1.14 (1.10–1.17)	< 0.001
Race (vs White)
Black	1.04 (0.98–1.110)	0.22
Other	1.17 (1.13–1.22)	< 0.001
BMI (vs 20–29)
Less than 20	1.41 (1.29–1.52)	< 0.001
30–34	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.92
35–39	1.02 (0.97–1.07)	0.35
> or = 40	1.25 (1.17–1.34)	< 0.001
Blood group (vs AB)
A	1.80 (1.62–2.00)	< 0.001
B	1.49 (1.33–1.66)	< 0.001
O	1.82 (1.64–2.02)	< 0.001
Ascites (Absent)
Slight	1.49 (1.41–1.57)	< 0.001
Moderate or more	2.75 (2.61–2.89)	< 0.001
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	1.32 (1.25–1.40)	< 0.001
Encephalopathy (vs none)
Grade 1–2	1.50 (1.43–1.56)	< 0.001
Grade 3–4	5.00 (4.78–5.23)	< 0.001
TIPSS	0.97 (0.91–1.02)	0.24
Portal vein thrombosis	1.04 (0.96–1.12)	0.33
Diabetes	1.21 (1.17–1.26)	< 0.001
Prior malignancy	1.26 (1.18–1.34)	< 0.001
MELD at listing (vs < 15)
15–24	1.51 (1.45–1.56)	< 0.001
25–34	1.88 (1.79–1.98)	< 0.001
≥ 35	2.75 (2.75–2.91)	< 0.001
Region for listing, by grouping of wait-time (vs low)
Moderate	1.31 (1.26–1.36)	< 0.001
Long	1.49 (1.44–1.55)	< 0.001
Cohort (vs 2002–2006)
2007–2011	1.15 (1.11–1.19)	< 0.001
2012–2016	1.16 (1.12–1.21)	< 0.001