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Table 2 Risk factors for waitlist mortality

From: Waiting time and mortality rate on lung transplant candidates in Japan: a single-center retrospective cohort study

 

Univariate Cox model

Multivariate Cox model

HR

95% CI

p value

HR

95% CI

p value

Fibrosis (vs. other groups)

3.20

2.11–4.85

0.001

3.39

1.62–7.11

0.001

Age (every 1-year increase)

1.03

1.01–1.05

0.001

1.04

1.01–1.07

0.006

Sex (male vs. female)

2.20

1.45–3.33

< .001

2.87

1.60–5.16

< .001

BMI (every 1 kg/m2 increase)

0.99

0.95–1.03

0.595

0.93

0.86–1.00

0.053

Connective tissue disorders (yes vs. no)

1.00

0.58–1.74

0.992

0.71

0.35–1.47

0.360

Supplemental oxygen (yes vs. no)

0.91

0.52–1.58

0.733

0.36

0.15–0.86

0.021

Predicted FVC (every 1% increase)

0.98

0.97–0.99

< .001

0.99

0.98–1.01

0.428

6-min walk distance (every 1 m increase)

1.00

1.00–1.00

0.032

1.00

1.00–1.00

0.074

Estimated RVP (every 1 mmHg increase)

1.00

0.99–1.01

0.996

1.02

1.01–1.02

0.002

  1. BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, FVC forced vital capacity, HR hazard ratio, RVP right ventricular pressure