Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prevalence in pre-transplant patients and its effect on survival and graft loss post-transplant

Table 4 Mutlivariate analysis of independent predictors of all cause survival due to recurrent hepatitis C

	Hazard ratio	95%CI	P-value
History of pre-transplant SBP	1.112	1.019-1.212	0.017
Hepatitis C	1.176	1.126-1.228	< 0.0001
Previous transplant	1.979	1.860-2.107	< 0.0001
Gender male	0.983	0.941-1.027	0.443
Ethnicity non-African American	0.921	0.866-0.980	0.010
MELD at transplant	1.016	1.014-1.018	< 0.0001
Age of recipient	1.009	1.007-1.010	< 0.0001
Age of donor	1.009	1.008-1.010	< 0.0001

SBP: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; MELD: Model for End Stage Liver Disease.