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

Table 5 Univariate and multiple logistic regression for the posthoc secondary outcome of 6-mo first graft survival after liver transplantation

Variable	Univariate logistic regression, n = 65		Multiple logistic regression, n = 62
	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P-value	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P-value
Yr	1.08 (0.88, 1.32)	0.46
Weight	1.65 (1.01, 2.68)	0.046
PELD	1.02 (0.97, 1.07)	0.508
Surgeon 2 vs 1	0.49 (0.10, 2.47)	0.388
Surgeon 3 vs 1	0.17 (0.04, 0.84)	0.03
Surgeon 2 vs 3	2.83 (0.63, 12.71)	0.174
Fascia closed on admission	0.21 (0.06, 0.75)	0.016
Biliary atresia	0.23 (0.05, 1.14)	0.072
Surgery duration, n = 591	1.01 (1.00, 1.01)	0.097
Heparin started (h), n = 622	0.97 (0.94, 0.99)	0.019
Lowest anti-thrombin d2-5, n = 62	1.07 (1.01, 1.13)	0.018	1.08 (1.00, 1.16)	0.049
First day furosemide used, n = 541	0.88 (0.78, 0.99)	0.035
Graft type R/SL vs WL	8.31 (1.41, 49.06)	0.019	15.39 (1.01, 234.9)	0.049
Graft type LR vs WL	5.47 (1.27, 23.64)	0.023

Surgery duration and surgeon are collinear, so we could not enter both in the regression.

¹If we added “first day furosemide used” (n = 54), furosemide is not significant;

²If we added “heparin started h”, it was not significant. LR: Living related liver graft; PELD: Pediatric end-stage liver disease score; R/SL: Reduced or split liver graft; WL: Whole liver graft.