Posttransplant Anemia as a Prognostic Factor of Mortality in Kidney-Transplant Recipients

Table 2

Final models of Cox regression [stratified due to 2 CKD groups (CKD stages 1-2 and 3–5)] containing predictors of mortality.

Models for mortality ( = 318)	HR	95% CI for HR	value
Model 1 in CKD stages 1-2 ( = 158)
Age	1.12	1.05; 1.20	0.000
Gender
Male	Reference
Female	0.09	0.09; 0.82	0.033
Severe cardiac failure
No	Reference
Yes	1.82	0.60; 4.23	0.316
PTA
No	Reference
Mild	6.16	1.12; 34.33	0.038
Severe	9.79	2.57; 37.26	0.001
Model 2 in CKD stages 3–5 ( = 160)
Age	1.06	1.02; 1.09	0.003
Gender
Male	Reference
Female	0.59	0.29; 1.20	0.593
Severe cardiac failure
No	Reference
Yes	1.92	0.82; 5.56	0.835
PTA
No	Reference
Mild	1.29	0.56; 2.98	0.554
Severe	10.78	4.15; 28.08	0.000

PTA: posttransplant anemia, CI: Confidence Interval, HR: hazard ratio.