From: Post renal transplant anemia: severity, causes and their association with graft and patient survival
 | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
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HR | 95% CI | P value | HR | 95% CI | P value | ||
Presence of anemia | Early | 3.24 | 1.73–6.08 | < 0.001 | 2.27 | 1.17–4.4 | 0.015 |
Late | 1.1 | 0.63–1.92 | 0.735 | 0.8 | 0.44–1.47 | 0.469 | |
Severity of anemia | |||||||
 Mild (Hb > 11 g/dL) | Early | 1.11 | 0.93–4.31 | 0.077 | 1.49 | 0.67–3.32 | 0.327 |
Late | 1.11 | 0.59–2.07 | 0.75 | 0.94 | 0.48–1.86 | 0.862 | |
 Severe (Hb < 11 g/dL) | Early | 6.36 | 3.1–13.03 | < 0.001 | 5.42 | 2.51–11.68 | < 0.001 |
Late | 1.09 | 0.39–2.99 | 0.871 | 0.97 | 0.32–2.93 | 0.962 | |
Causes of anemia | |||||||
 Acute rejection and/or acute kidney injury | Early | 6.88 | 2.83–16.76 | < 0.001 | 4.49 | 1.77–11.34 | 0.002 |
Late | 1.04 | 0.26–4.26 | 0.954 | 0.53 | 0.12–2.31 | 0.41 | |
 Infection | Early | 6.45 | 2.76–15.91 | < 0.001 | 4.27 | 1.77–10.25 | 0.001 |
Late | 1.48 | 0.54–4.08 | 0.444 | 1.16 | 0.40–3.36 | 0.779 | |
 Nutritional deficiencies | Early | 2.99 | 0.69–13.05 | 0.143 | 4.03 | 0.9–17.99 | 0.068 |
Latea | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Miscellaneous | Early | 2.12 | 0.78–5.79 | 0.142 | 1.23 | 0.44–3.47 | 0.693 |
Late | 1.08 | 0.39–2.99 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.3–2.61 | 0.834 | |
 No reason found | Early | 1.24 | 0.36–4.26 | 0.731 | 0.91 | 0.26–3.21 | 0.879 |
Late | 1.1 | 0.47–2.6 | 0.828 | 0.86 | 0.35–2.08 | 0.733 |