Predicting early outcomes of liver transplantation in young children: The EARLY study

Table 1 Univariate and multiple logistic regressions for the primary outcome of hepatic artery thrombosis after liver transplantation

Variable	Univariate logistic regression, n = 65		Multiple logistic regression, n = 65
	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P-value	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P-value
Yr	1.10 (0.89, 1.35)	0.371
Weight	0.65 (0.41, 1.04)	0.073
PELD	0.98 (0.93, 1.04)	0.514
Surgeon 2 vs 1	2.04 (0.41, 10.27)	0.388
Surgeon 3 vs 1	4.33 (0.87, 21.60)	0.074
Surgeon 2 vs 3	0.47 (0.10, 2.17)	0.334
Fascia closed on admission	3.9 (1.1, 14.3)	0.04
Hepatic artery any comment	3.9 (1.06, 14.31)	0.04
Any operating note comment1	9.82 (1.18, 81.58)	0.034
First day use of furosemide, n = 542	1.21 (1.05, 1.41)	0.011
Graft type R/SL vs WL	0.04 (0.01, 0.42)	0.006	0.06 (0.01, 0.76)	0.03
Graft type LR vs WL	0.10 (0.02, 0.48)	0.004	0.16 (0.03, 0.95)	0.044

¹No meaningful difference if we use “any operating note comment” instead of “hepatic artery any comment” in the multiple regression;

²If multiple regression is done with first day of furosemide (data available for n = 54), furosemide is significant with OR 1.67 (95%CI: 1.03, 2.73), P = 0.039, meaning the later furosemide is started the higher is the risk of HAT. CI: Confidence interval; HAT: Hepatic artery thrombosis; LR: Living related liver graft; PELD: Pediatric end-stage liver disease score; R/SL: Reduced or split liver graft; WL: Whole liver graft.