Delayed referral for liver transplant evaluation worsens outcomes in chronic liver disease patients requiring inpatient transplant evaluation

Figure 1 Multivariable Cox regression model assessing the effect of delayed referral on death when accounting for age, ethnicity, patient sex, MELD score, and disease etiology. Patients were censored if lost to follow up or at the time of transplant. A: Total survival curve for patients undergoing inpatient liver transplant evaluation (LTE); B: Cox hazard regression output with hazard ratio (HR) with 95% CI and p values are reported from multivariate analysis. (*) indicates variables that are significant with P < 0.05; C: Hazard function plotted for risk of death since time of LTE start where “0” is early LTE and “1” is delayed LTE; D: Cumulative survival function since time of LTE start where “0” is early LTE and “1” is delayed LTE. Delayed LTE was associated with increased mortality amongst patients undergoing inpatient LTE.