Donor Heart Utilization following Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation: Influence of Donor Characteristics and Wait Times in Transplant Regions

Table 3

CPR donor variables that are predictive of successful heart procurement for transplantation by logistic regression analysis.

Donor variable	Odds ratio	95% confidence limits	P value
Age in years	1.033	1.028–1.038	<0.0001
Gender
Female versus male	1.470	1.272–1.699	<0.0001
Comorbidities
Hypertension: yes; versus no	1.981	1.591–2.467	<0.0001
Duration of CPR	1.013	1.008–1.017	<0.0001
Cause of death versus head trauma
Anoxia	1.118	0.945–1.322	0.2190
Cerebrovascular/; stroke	1.445	1.147–1.820	0.5109
Ethnicity versus Hispanic
White	1.261	1.012–1.570	0.5255
Black	0.939	0.725–1.215	0.2575
Asian	1.125	0.626–2.020	0.9644
ABO versus O
A	1.181	1.014–1.376	0.0002
AB	3.278	2.071–5.189	<0.0001
B	1.617	1.287–2.032	0.8244
Social history
Cigarette use: yes; versus no	1.288	1.062–1.563	0.0103
History of cocaine; use	1.981	1.591–2.467	0.3330
UNOS region versus 1
2	1.634	0.990–2.696	0.1654
3	2.983	1.781–4.997	<0.0001
4	2.922	1.625–5.252	0.0047
5	1.835	1.078–3.124	0.9761
6	2.670	1.368–5.211	0.0940
7	1.676	1.006–2.793	0.3316
8	1.658	0.917–2.999	0.5365
9	1.548	0.870–2.754	0.2687
10	1.564	0.940–2.601	0.0910
11	1.762	1.053–2.947	0.6623
LV ejection fraction	0.920	0.912–0.928	<0.0001
3 or more inotropic agents at the time of incision
Yes versus no	4.859	3.396–6.952	<0.0001

CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ABO: blood groups; UNOS: United Network of Organ Sharing; LV: left ventricle.