Revisiting the “Weekend Effect” on Adult and Pediatric Liver and Kidney Offer Acceptance

Takayuki Yamamoto; Anushi Shah; Mike Fruscione; Shoko Kimura; Nahel Elias; Heidi Yeh; Tatsuo Kawai; James F. Markmann

doi:10.12659/AOT.937825

04 November 2022 : Original article

Revisiting the “Weekend Effect” on Adult and Pediatric Liver and Kidney Offer Acceptance

Takayuki Yamamoto^1ABCDEF*, Anushi Shah^1E, Mike Fruscione^1E, Shoko Kimura^1E, Nahel Elias^1E, Heidi Yeh^1E, Tatsuo Kawai^1E, James F. Markmann^1ADEG

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.937825

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e937825

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Table 8 Logistic regression for risk factors of declined to the final offers in (A) adult or (B) pediatric deceased kidneys.

(A) Adult	Univariate			Multivariate
(A) Adult	Odds ratio	95%CI	p-value	Odds ratio	95%CI	p-value
Initial response	262.00	241.00–285.00	^**	207.00	189.00–228.00	^**
Weekend	1.30	1.25–1.35	^**	1.19	1.12–1.28	^**
Pump use	0.56	0.54–0.58	^**	0.62	0.58–0.66	^**
Cancer at procurement	5.88	4.84–7.13	^**	1.93	1.36–2.76	^**
Kidney biopsy	1.49	1.46–1.52	^**	1.00	0.97–1.04
Number of organ discard	6.08	5.93–6.23	^**	5.04	4.86–5.22	^**


Initial response	178.0	135.0–236.0	^**	170.0	126.0–229.0	^**
Weekend	1.44	1.23–1.67	^**	1.34	1.06–1.70	^*
Pump use	0.46	0.38–0.56	^**	0.42	0.32–0.57	^**
Cancer at procurement	8.33×10	–	0.945	–	–	–
Kidney biopsy	1.05	0.94–1.17	0.395	–	–	–
Number of organ discard	3.82	3.48–4.19	^**	3.57	3.14–4.05	^**
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