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Table 3 Factors associated with the occurrence of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

From: Pneumocystis pneumonia occurrence and prophylaxis duration in kidney transplant recipients according to perioperative treatment with rituximab

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR (95% CI)

P-value

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Rituximab treatment

3.47 (1.84–6.56)

<  0.01

3.09 (1.60–5.96)

<  0.01

Rituximab dose = 0 mg

Reference

   

  ≤ 200 mg

1.84 (0.89–3.82)

0.12

  > 200 mg

0.77 (0.18–3.23)

0.72

Male vs. female

1.40 (0.74–2.64)

0.30

Acute rejection

2.46 (1.23–4.92)

0.01

2.19 (1.09–4.14)

0.03

ABO-compatible and XM-negative

Reference

 

 ABO-incompatible

0.48 (0.07–3.56)

0.47

 XM-positive

1.86 (0.89–3.89)

0.10

ABO-incompatible and XM-positive

1.18 (0.16–8.90)

0.87

ABO incompatibe vs. compatible

0.66 (0.16–2.75)

0.56

XM positive vs. negative

3.66 (0.33–40.37)

0.29

  

ATG vs. basiliximab

0.85 (0.20–3.57)

0.85

CMV viremia prior to PCP

1.94 (1.00–3.75)

0.05

1.62 (0.82–3.20)

0.16

  1. ATG anti-thymocyte globulin, CMV Cytomegalovirus, XM crossmatch, PCP pneumocystis carinii pneumonia