Recipient Age Predicts 20-Year Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplant

Table 2

Multivariate logistic regression for factors that predict 20-year survival in 1-year survivors.

	Entry completion (%)	OR	-value
Age <1	100%	1.28 (1.07–1.53)	0.007
Age 5–10	100%	0.86 (0.67–1.10)	0.231
Age 10–15	100%	0.72 (0.51–0.99)	0.046
Age 15–18	100%	0.82 (0.57–1.20)	0.307
Donor age <1	99%	1.27 (1.00–1.61)	0.048
Donor age 1–2	99%	1.25 (1.01–1.54)	0.042
Donor age 2–3	99%	1.49 (1.10–2.01)	0.009
Donor age 3–4	99%	1.85 (1.35–2.53)	<0.001
Donor age 5–10	99%	1.57 (1.28–1.93)	<0.001
Weight 4–12 kg	94%	1.17 (0.96–1.43)	0.129
Weight >30 kg	94%	0.96 (0.74–1.23)	0.727
Diagnosis: biliary atresia	100%	1.05 (0.83–1.33)	0.675
Diagnosis: metabolic dysfunction	100%	1.64 (1.20–2.25)	0.002
Creatinine 1.5–2.0	98%	0.75 (0.40–1.39)	0.359
Creatinine >2.0	98%	0.83 (0.52–1.33)	0.448
Donor cause of death: CVA	92%	0.86 (0.70–1.06)	0.153
Cold ischemia time > 4 hrs	89%	1.31 (0.98–1.75)	0.065
Cold ischemia time 10–12 hrs	89%	1.16 (0.97–1.38)	0.095
1 previous transplant	91%	0.74 (0.57–0.94)	0.016
2 previous transplants	91%	0.37 (0.16–0.82)	0.015
ICU at transplant	99%	0.91 (0.73–1.12)	0.367
Life support at transplant	100%	1.23 (0.62–2.45)	0.561
Recipient total bilirubin >33 mg/dL	98%	0.84 (0.65–1.09)	0.197
Height difference >30 cm	55%	0.59 (0.32–1.08)	0.087
African-American recipient	100%	0.71 (0.58–0.87)	0.001
Ventilator at transplant	100%	0.76 (0.38–1.51)	0.431
Privately insured	43%	1.11 (0.93–1.33)	0.248
Previous abdominal surgery	99%	1.12 (0.91–1.38)	0.273