From: Adult lung transplantation case-volume and in-hospital and long-term mortality in Korea
Mortality, n (%) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
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HR (95% CI) | P value | HR (95% CI) | P value | |||
Case-volume | ||||||
Low (< 5 LTs/year) | 39 (54.9) | 1.435 (0.994, 2.072) | 0.054 | 1.373 (0.943, 1.999) | 0.098 | |
High (≥ 5 LTs/year) | 106 (43.4) | Reference | ||||
Age | ||||||
19 ≤ age < 50 | 41 (34.7) | Reference | ||||
50 ≤ age < 60 | 43 (44.8) | 1.546 (1.003, 2.376) | 0.046 | 1.756 (1.12, 2.755) | 0.014 | |
60 ≤ age | 61 (60.4) | 2.398 (1.606, 3.580) | < 0.001 | 2.873 (1.82, 4.536) | < 0.001 | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 89 (48.4) | Reference | ||||
Female | 56 (42.7) | 0.768 (0.549, 1.074) | 0.12 | 0.864 (0.604, 1.237) | 0.426 | |
Diagnosis | ||||||
ILD | 47 (38.8) | Reference | ||||
IPF | 44 (46.3) | 1.312 (0.869, 1.981) | 0.19 | 1.11 (0.73, 1.686) | 0.626 | |
COPD | 33 (49.3) | 1.264 (0.809, 1.974) | 0.30 | 1.709 (1.069, 2.733) | 0.025 | |
ARDS | 4 (50.0) | 0.488 (0.536, 4.132) | 0.44 | 1.329 (0.475, 3.72) | 0.588 | |
Others | 17 (70.8) | 1.963 (1.125, 3.426) | 0.017 | 2.76 (1.542, 4.941) | < 0.001 | |
Elixhauser comorbidity index | 1.004 (0.987, 1.020) | 0.65 | 1 (0.983, 1.017) | 0.991 |