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Table 3 Cox proportional hazard model for patient survival after lung transplantation

From: Adult lung transplantation case-volume and in-hospital and long-term mortality in Korea

 

Mortality, n (%)

Unadjusted

Adjusted

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

  1. HR hazard ratio, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ILD interstitial lung disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome