Predictors of renal recovery in patients with pre-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) renal dysfunction

BMC Nephrology

Table 8 Multivariate analysis of factors independently associated with recovery of renal function post-OLT in all patients with pre-OLT renal dysfunction

	Regression coefficient	S.E.	p	OR (95% CI)	Coefficient of determination*
Allograft dysfunction	−1.40	0.11	0.00001	0.25 (0.18-0.33)	0.047
Transplanted before MELD era	−0.363	0.12	0.02	0.69 (0.55-0.87)	0.010
Sex (male)	−0.416	0.12	0.00001	0.66 (0.53-0.83)	0.009
Donor age	−0.008	0.003	0.014	0.992 (0.986-0.999)	0.007
Recipient ALT at time of transplant	−0.0001	0.0001	0.026	1.0005 (1.000-1.001)	0.007
Recipient BMI at time of listing	−0.027	0.009	0.005	0.974 (0.95-0.99)	0.005
Anti-thymocyte globulin induction	0.79	0.34	0.022	2.2 (1.12-4.30)	0.004
Wait time from listing (days)	0.0001	0.152	0.026	1.000 (1.000-1.001)	0.004

Abbreviations: ALT alanine transaminase, BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, MELD model end-stage liver disease, OLT orthotopic liver transplantation, OR odds ratio.
* The cumulative coefficient of determination for all variables combined is 0.093.

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