Low-Tier Mid-Tier High-Tier P-Value
Number of recipients 3,414 4,683 7,125
Mortality
30-day 122 (3.57%) 182 (3.89%) 245 (3.44%) 0.440
1-year 325 (9.52%) 406 (8.67%) 616 (8.65%) 0.293
Long-term 558 (16.34%) 692 (14.78%) 1053 (14.78%) 0.080
Posttransplant follow up, years 2.43 (1.03- 4.00) 2.15 (1.02- 4.00) 2.48 (1.03- 4.00)
Re-transplant 18 (0.53%) 20 (0.43%) 50 (0.70%) 0.142
Median time to retransplant, years 1.83 (0.02- 3.60) 1.90 (0.05- 2.90) 1.87 (0.02- 3.40)
Hospital length of stay, days 24.0 ± 29.2 22.3 ± 24.3 21.1 ± 22.9 <0.001
Average waitlist time, days 337 ± 442 268 ± 386 188 ± 325 <0.001
Renal failure requiring dialysis 429 (12.57%) 655 (13.99%) 882 (12.38%) 0.031
Permanent pacemaker 95 (2.78%) 142 (3.03%) 196 (2.75%) 0.647
Stroke 92 (2.69%) 144 (3.07%) 206 (2.89%) 0.601
Reoperation 126 (3.69%) 172 (3.67%) 255 (3.58%) 0.945
One-year drug-treated acute rejection 416 (12.19%) 601 (12.83%) 705 (9.89%) <0.001
Drug-treated infection 244 (7.15%) 335 (7.15%) 461 (6.47%) 0.252