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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses for the risk of development of de novo donor-specific antibodies after kidney transplantation (p < 0.05)

From: Longitudinal monitoring of mRNA levels of regulatory T cell biomarkers by using non-invasive strategies to predict outcome in renal transplantation

VARIABLE

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysisa

  

-2ln likelihood: 103.840

 

HR

95% CI

P

HR

95% CI

P

Baseline

      

Membrane CTLA4

0.479

0.181—1.263

0.137

Soluble CTLA4

0.296

0.126—0.694

0.005

0.189

0.078-0.459

<0.001

FOXP3

1.603

0.467—5.501

0.453

At 15 days

      

Membrane CTLA4

0.810

0.352—1.862

0.619

Soluble CTLA4

0.399

0.196—0.810

0.011

FOXP3

1.494

0.579—3.851

0.406

At 60 days

      

Membrane CTLA4

0.413

0.120—1.427

0.162

Soluble CTLA4

0.205

0.074—0.563

0.002

FOXP3

1.194

0.370—3.854

0.767

At 365 days

      

Membrane CTLA4

0.969

0.216—4.356

0.967

Soluble CTLA4

1.570

0.350—7.045

0.556

FOXP3

1.826

0.304—10.972

0.510

Recipient age

0.975

0.943—1.008

0.132

Donor age

1.003

0.977—1.029

0.847

Recipient gender

1.240

0.460—3.341

0.671

Donor gender

0.507

0.224—1.151

0.104

Type of dialysis

1.378

0.408—4.659

0.606

Dialysis duration

1.005

0.994—1.016

0.383

Don CMV IgG+/Rec CMV IgG-

1.201

0.355—4.060

0.768

Previous transplant

0.676

0.091—5.025

0.702

HLA mismatch

0.956

0.694—1.318

0.785

CIT (min)

0.999

0.998—1.001

0.411

WIT (min)

0.999

0.969—1.031

0.960

Type of donor

3.235

0.949—11.025

0.061

Type of induction

1.321

0.308—5.659

0.708

Chronic use of steroids

1.366

0.183—10.183

0.761

CNI (tacrolimus vs. cyclosporine)

0.743

0.218—2.529

0.635

PSI (mycophenolate vs. mTOR)

1.550

0.527—4.562

0.426

Immunosuppression change

1.330

0.524—3.376

0.549

Infratherapeutic CNI level at 15 days

1.020

0.430—2.424

0.964

Infratherapeutic CNI level at 60 days

1.002

0.442—2.275

0.996

DGF

0.958

0.406—2.263

0.922

CMV reactivation

0.605

0.206—1.780

0.361

  1. a Model summary: χ2(1)=14.217, p < 0.01. Covariates initially introduced in the multivariable model and then elided were: soluble CTLA4 at 15 days, soluble CTLA4 at 60 days
  2. Abbreviations: CI confidence intervals, CIT cold ischemia time, CMV cytomegalovirus, CNI calcineurin inhibitor, DGF delayed graft function, HLA human leukocytes antigens, HR hazard ratio, PRA panel-reactive antibodies, mTORi mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor, PSI proliferation signal inhibitor, WIT warm ischemia time