Clinical Study

A Prospective, Multinational Pharmacoepidemiological Study of Clinical Conversion to Sirolimus Immunosuppression after Renal Transplantation

Table 3

Cox analysis of time to rejection, graft loss, or death following renal transplantation.

CovariatesTime to acute rejectionTime to graft lossTime to death
HR95% CI 𝑃 HR95% CI 𝑃 HR95% CI 𝑃

Conversion before or after 1 year6.604(2.145, 20.33)0.00101.185(0.634, 2.216)0.59491.287(0.507, 3.268)0.5958
Recipient age (years)0.969(0.939, 1.000)0.05110.985(0.967, 1.004)0.11901.069(1.030, 1.110)0.0004
Recipient race (Black versus non-Black)1.178(0.377, 3.686)0.77811.627(0.777, 3.403)0.19650.870(0.251, 3.022)0.8271
Prior kidney transplant (yes versus no)0.979(0.213, 4.500)0.97831.527(0.611, 3.817)0.36553.023(0.783, 11.67)0.1084
Current PRA0.995(0.929, 1.066)0.88770.980(0.932, 1.030)0.42780.980(0.920, 1.043)0.5207
Anti-CD25 induction therapy versus none3.707(1.276, 10.77)0.01601.174(0.528, 2.607)0.69411.307(0.412, 4.144)0.6497
ATG/OKT3 induction therapy versus none1.363(0.444, 4.181)0.58801.118(0.573, 2.179)0.74380.696(0.241, 2.009)0.5033
Donor organ: cadaver versus living1.979(0.375, 2.553)0.96541.306(0.731, 2.333)0.36662.711(0.893, 8.235)0.0785