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. 2021 Dec 13;8(1):e1257. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001257

TABLE 2.

Characteristics associated with antibody response

Univariable Multivariable
RR (95% I) P RR (95% I) P
Age (y), median (IQR) 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 0.65
Age (y)
 <68 (Reference) (Reference)
 ≥68 1.73 (1.05-2.87) 0.03 3.14 (1.29-7.66) 0.01
Gender
 Female (Reference)
 Male 0.85 (0.51-1.41) 0.52
Ethnicity
 White (Reference)
 Black 0.38 (0.13-1.10) 0.08
 Hispanic 0.41 (0.11-1.49) 0.18
 Asian 0.91 (0.41-2.04) 0.82
Time from transplant to vaccination (y), median (IQR) 1.08 (1.04–1.12) <0.001 1.07 (1.00–1.15) 0.045
Time from transplant to vaccination (y)
 <6 mo (Reference)
 ≥6 mo 2.41 (1.18-4.93) 0.02
Vaccine
 Moderna mRNA-1273 (Reference)
 Pfizer-BioNTech 0.83 (0.50-1.38) 0.48
Days between vaccine 1 and vaccine 2, median (IQR) 0.99 (0.93–1.05) 0.66
Days between vaccine 1 and last lab date, median (IQR) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.46
Days between vaccine 2 and last lab date, median (IQR) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.42
History of rejection
 No (Reference)
 Yes 1.29 (0.75-2.20) 0.36
Rejection before or after vaccination (n = 25)
 Before (Reference)
 After 0.70 (0.21-2.40) 0.58
Time from transplant to rejection (y), median (IQR) (n = 25) 1.04 (0.71–1.52) 0.85
Immunosuppression therapy and induction
 T-cell depleting therapy, ≤6 mo
  No (Reference) (Reference)
  Yes 0.18 (0.03-1.18) 0.07 0.27 (0.04–2.04) 0.20
 Tacrolimus
  No (Reference)
  Yes 0.99 (0.44-2.27) 0.99
 Mycophenolate
  No (Reference) (Reference)
  Yes 0.45 (0.29-0.72) 0.001 0.42 (0.21–0.87) 0.02
 Prednisone
  No (Reference)
  Yes 0.40 (0.25-0.63) <0.001
 Cyclosporine
  No (Reference)
  Yes 1.04 (0.41-2.64) 0.94
 mTOR inhibitors
  No (Reference)
  Yes 1.84 (1.00-3.36) 0.048
 Induction
  No (Reference)
  Yes 1.09 (0.42-2.86) 0.86
 Induction type
  None (Reference) (Reference)
  Thymoglobulin 1.11 (0.42-2.95) 0.83 2.24 (0.59-8.52) 0.24
  Simulect 1.00 (0.34-2.95) 1.00 1.65 (0.43-6.35) 0.47
  Campath 1.50 (0.28-7.93) 0.63 4.91 (0.44-55.09) 0.20
C-statistic = 0.83

Values are in number (%) unless otherwise specified.

IQR, interquartile range; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; RR, relative risk.