Table 2 Risk factors associated with high tacrolimus intra-patient variability.

From: Clinical association between tacrolimus intra-patient variability and liver transplantation outcomes in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma

 

Univariable

Multivariable

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Age, per year

0.997 (0.978–1.017)

0.800

  

Female sex

1.325 (0.912–1.926)

0.140

1.102 (0.722–1.684)

0.652

Body mass index, kg/m2

0.984 (0.932–1.038)

0.554

  

MELD Na score, per point

0.997 (0.976–1.018)

0.759

  

Alcoholic liver disease

1.237 (0.818–1.872)

0.314

  

Hepatocellular carcinoma

0.951 (0.678–1.333)

0.770

  

Mean tacrolimus concentration, ng/mL

0.820 (0.746–0.900)

 < 0.001

0.825 (0.744–0.915)

 < 0.001

Hematocrit, %

0.977 (0.948–1.008)

0.145

1.046 (1.003–1.091)

0.037

Albumin, mg/dL,

0.496 (0.346–0.711)

 < 0.001

0.344 (0.212–0.556)

 < 0.001

Total bilirubin, mg/dL

0.944 (0.793–1.124)

0.518

  

Cholesterol, mg/dL

1.002 (0.999–1.006)

0.173

1.002 (0.998–1.006)

0.274

Creatinine, mg/dL

0.968 (0.694–1.350)

0.848

  
  1. CI, confidence interval; MELD Na, Model for End-stage Liver Disease sodium; OR, odds ratio.