Table 3.

Multivariate 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)	0.84 (0.81–0.87)	< 0.001
Age (vs 18–34)
35–49	1.40 (1.26–1.56)	< 0.001
50–64	1.96 (1.77–2.16)	< 0.001
65 and older	2.68 (2.42–2.98)	< 0.001
Female Sex	1.10 (1.06–1.14)	< 0.001
Race (vs White)
Black	1.06 (1.00–1.13)	0.048
Other	1.05 (1.00–1.09)	0.03
BMI (vs 20–29)
Less than 20	1.53 (1.40–1.67)	< 0.001
30–34	0.94 (0.91–0.98)	0.003
35–39	0.94 (0.89–0.99)	0.01
> or = 40	1.12 (1.05–1.20)	< 0.001
Blood group (vs AB)
A	1.72 (1.55–1.92)	< 0.001
B	1.44 (1.28–1.61)	< 0.001
O	1.70 (1.53–1.89)	< 0.001
Ascites (vs Absent)
Slight	1.15 (1.09–1.22)	< 0.001
Moderate or more	1.35 (1.28–1.44)	< 0.001
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	1.08 (1.02–1.15)	0.01
Encephalopathy (vs none)
Grade 1–2	1.29 (1.23–1.35)	< 0.001
Grade 3–4	3.63 (3.45–3.83)	< 0.001
Diabetes	1.10 (1.07–1.15)	< 0.001
Prior malignancy	1.15 (1.08–1.23)	< 0.001
MELD at listing (vs < 15)
15–24	1.42 (1.37–1.47)	< 0.001
25–34	1.53 (1.46–1.62)	< 0.001
≥ 35	1.88 (1.76–2.00)	< 0.001
Region for listing, by grouping of wait-time (vs short)
Moderate	1.34 (1.29–1.39)	< 0.001
Long	1.52 (1.45–1.58)	< 0.001
Cohort (vs 2002–2006)
2007–2011	1.06 (1.02–1.10)	0.004
2012–2016	1.03 (0.99–1.08)	0.14