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. 2022 Jan 9;19(2):299–309. doi: 10.7150/ijms.66533

Table 2.

Risk Factors of Malignant Neoplasms in Hospitalized Patients with Liver Transplant Status in the United States- from 2016 to 2018.

Malignant Neoplasms Odds Ratio (95%CI) P value Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%CI)
P value
Univariate logistic regression1 Multivariate logistic regression2
Sex, Female vs Male 0.660 (0.597 - 0.730) <.001 0.712 (0.643 - 0.788) <.001
Age groups (y)
<=17 Reference NA Reference NA
18-49 0.989 (0.746 - 1.312) NS 0.976 (0.734 - 1.299) NS
50-59 1.830 (1.413 - 2.370) <.001 1.683 (1.294 - 2.190) <.001
60-69 2.317 (1.812 - 2.964) <.001 2.091 (1.625 - 2.690) <.001
>=70 2.918 (2.265 - 3.758) <.001 2.685 (2.067 - 3.488) <.001
Race/ethnicity <.001
White Reference NA Reference NA
Black 0.663 (0.550 - 0.798) <.001 0.802 (0.663 - 0.970) <.05
Hispanic 0.668 (0.572 - 0.781) <.001 0.759 (0.647- 0.889) <.001
Asian or pacific islander 1.204 (0.931 - 1.557) NS 1.219 (0.938 - 1.585) NS
Native American 0.937 (0.789 - 1.113) NS 0.789 (0.401 - 1.552) NS
Median socioeconomic status by national quartiles
0-25 Reference NA Reference NA
25-50 1.180 (1.028 - 1.353) NS 1.117 (0.971 - 1.285) NS
50-75 1.371 (1.201 - 1.566) <.001 1.285 (1.121 - 1.473) <.001
75-100 1.289 (1.121 - 1.482) NS 1.161 (1.004 - 1.342) <.05
Admission Type, Elective vs Non-elective 1.731 (1.544 - 1.942) <.001 1.731 (1.540 - 1.946) <.001
Hospital Bed Size
Small Reference NA Reference NA
Medium 1.185 (0.990 - 1.417) NS 1.277 (1.065 - 1.532) <.005
Large 1.329 (1.134 - 1.558) <.001 1.473 (1.253 - 1.732) <.001
Location/teaching status of hospital
Rural Reference NA Reference NA
Urban nonteaching 0.909 (0.694 - 1.191) NS 0.883 (0.669 - 1.164) NS
Urban teaching 1.092 (0.861- 1.387) NS 1.162 (0.908 - 1.487) NS
Hospital region
Northeast Reference NA Reference NA
Midwest or North Central 0.863 (0.751 - 0.993) NS NA NS
South 0.793 (0.698 - 0.901) <.001 NA NS
West 0.827 (0.715 - 0.956) NS NA NS
Discharge Characteristics
Routine Discharge Reference NA Reference NA
Transfer to Short-term Hospital 1.019 (0.801 - 1.297) NS 1.093 (0.856 - 1.397) NS
Transfer to other facilities 1.104 (0.953 - 1.278) NS 0.951 (0.818 - 1.106) NS
Home Health Care (HHC) 1.547 (1.375 - 1.740) <.001 1.342 (1.190 - 1.514) <.001
Smoking 1.273 (1.156 - 1.402) <.001 1.121 (1.013 - 1.240) <.05
Alcoholic cirrhosis 1.360 (1.053 - 1.757) 0.0186 1.298 (1.0 - 1.687) 0.0507
Hepatitis B 1.860 (1.410 - 2.454) <.001 1.554 (1.166 - 2.071) <.01
Hepatitis C 1.365 (1.186 - 1.570) <.001 1.237 (1.069 - 1.431) <.01
HIV 1.276 (0.704 - 2.314) NS NA NS
Immunosuppression 1.115 (0.667 - 1.863) NS NA NS
Opioid 1.276 (0.995 - 1.636) 0.0546 1.362 (1.056 - 1.756) <.05
PSC 1.367 (0.589 - 3.177) NS NA NS

1Univariate logistic regression is performed in SAS software with PROC Logistic.

2Mutivariate logistic regression is performed with stepwise logistic regression with a 0.15 significance level of entry and 0.10 significance level of stay. NS: Not statistically significant.