Table 3 Cox regression analysis of all-cause mortality.

From: Predictive scoring systems for mortality in heart transplant patients with liver cirrhosis

Variables

Univariate

Multivariate

HR

95% CI

P-value

HR

95% CI

P-value

Age, years

1.01

0.96 − 1.04

0.98

   

Sex, male

0.98

0.27 − 3.61

0.98

   

Body mass index (kg/m2)

1.07

0.94 − 1.21

1.07

   

LVEF (%)

1.00

0.97 − 1.04

0.85

   

Creatinine

4.22

0.79 − 22.6

0.09

   

Prior cardiac surgery

20.37

0.01 − 164.1

0.99

   

Total serum albumin

0.46

0.16 − 1.34

0.16

   

Total serum bilirubin

1.14

0.95 − 1.37

0.17

   

PT INR

1.39

0.36 − 5.36

0.63

   

NYHA III-IV

1.70

0.56 − 5.22

0.35

   

ECMO support

0.01

0.01 − 11.66

0.99

   

Non-cardiac liver cirrhosis

1.44

0.98–1.73

0.69

   

Ascites, moderate to massive

0.87

0.22 − 3.46

0.84

   

MELD score

1.21

1.06 − 1.39

0.01

1.07

1.03 − 1.11

< 0.01

MELD-XI score

1.18

1.04 − 1.35

0.01

1.16

1.06 − 1.21

< 0.01

CTP score

1.69

1.04 − 2.76

0.03

1.43

1.20 − 1.75

0.01

  1. CI, confidence interval; CTP, Child-Turcotte-Pugh; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HR, hazard ratio; INR, international normalized ratio; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PT, Prothrombin time.
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