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Table 4 Marginal mean change in BMI (mixed effect model) rejection and non-rejection group

From: Weight change trajectories in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Australians after kidney transplantation: a cohort analysis using the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant registry (ANZDATA)

 

No rejection (n = 4901)

Rejection (n = 1649)

Coefficient (95% CI)

RE %

P value

Coefficient (95% CI)

RE %

P value

Indigenous status

 Non-indigenous

Reference

–

–

Reference

–

–

 Indigenous

0.07 (−0.22–0.36)

7.3

0.651

0.04 (− 0.37–0.47)

4.1

0.839

Time post-transplant (months)

Reference

–

–

Reference

–

–

 0

0.32 (0.26–0.38)

37.7

< 0.001

0.22 (0.10–0.33)

24.6

< 0.001

 3

0.84 (0.78–0.91)

131.6

< 0.001

0.69 (0.57–0.81)

99.4

< 0.001

 6

1.26 (1.20–1.33)

252.5

< 0.001

1.15 (1.03–1.27)

215.8

< 0.001

 12

1.47 (1.40–1.53)

334.9

< 0.001

1.43 (1.30–1.55)

317.9

< 0.001

 24

Indigenous status x time (months) post-transplant (interaction)

 Indigenous and 3

0.07 (−0.23–0.36)

7.3

0.670

−0.04 (− 0.48–0.41)

−3.9

0.868

 Indigenous and 6

0.20 (−0.11–0.51)

22.1

0.200

0.47 (0.02–0.92)

60.0

0.042

 Indigenous and 12

0.39 (0.08–0.71)

47.7

0.015

0.97 (0.51–1.43)

163.8

< 0.001

 Indigenous and 24

0.29 (−0.05–0.63)

33.6

0.097

0.69 (0.20–1.18)

99.4

< 0.01

  1. RE% corresponding to a coefficient expressed as expected percentage change in BMI, calculated as (exp(coefficient)-1)*100