04 November 2022 : Original article
Revisiting the “Weekend Effect” on Adult and Pediatric Liver and Kidney Offer Acceptance
Takayuki Yamamoto1ABCDEF*, Anushi Shah1E, Mike Fruscione1E, Shoko Kimura1E, Nahel Elias1E, Heidi Yeh1E, Tatsuo Kawai1E, James F. Markmann1ADEGDOI: 10.12659/AOT.937825
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e937825
Table 7 Logistic regression for risk factors of declined to the initial offers in pediatric deceased livers.
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio | 95%CI | p-value | Odds ratio | 95%CI | p-value | |
| Age <6 yo | 1.99 | 1.55–2.54 | ** | 1.86 | 1.18–2.93 | * |
| Gender (Male) | 0.90 | 0.70–1.15 | 0.387 | – | – | – |
| Race (African American) | 1.05 | 0.79–1.41 | 0.734 | – | – | – |
| Cause of death (Stroke) | 1.09 | 0.61–1.94 | 0.776 | – | – | – |
| h/o hypertension | 2.37 | 0.82–6.87 | 0.111 | – | – | – |
| h/o diabetes | 1.28 | 0.46–3.59 | 0.635 | – | – | – |
| Height <100 cm | 1.91 | 1.49–2.45 | ** | 1.16 | 0.73–1.83 | 0.539 |
| pH <7.4 | 1.09 | 0.85–1.40 | 0.506 | – | – | – |
| Na ≥160 mg/dL | 0.56 | 0.31–1.00 | 0.051 | – | – | – |
| ALT >500 U/L | 3.92 | 2.48–6.20 | ** | 4.45 | 2.79–7.09 | ** |
| T-bil >10 mg/dL | 9.75 | 1.62–58.60 | * | 9.11 | 1.40–59.4 | * |
| BMI ≥30 | 0.90 | 0.51–1.56 | 0.695 | – | – | – |
| Cardiac arrest period | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.453 | – | – | – |
| Clinical infection | 0.95 | 0.72–1.27 | 0.731 | – | – | – |
| HBc-Abs | 3.19 | 1.31–7.77 | * | 4.23 | 1.70–10.5 | * |
| HCV-Abs | 1.88×10 | – | 0.968 | – | – | – |
| Weekend | 1.02 | 0.78–1.33 | 0.909 | – | – | – |
| * ** | ||||||