Research Article

New Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients: Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database

Table 4

Independent risk factors for development of NODAT for all DDLT recipients ( , 582).

VariableUnivariate
HR (95% CI)
valueMultivariate
HR (95% CI)
value

Recipient age 50 versus 501.27 (1.20–1.35) 0.00011.14 (1.06–1.22)0.0003

Recipient genderMale versus female1.16 (1.10–1.23) <0.0001 1.13 (1.06–1.21)0.0002

Recipient raceAA versus others1.20 (1.03–1.39)0.00191.09 (0.93–1.28)0.2994
Caucasian versus others1.05 (0.93–1.20)0.41280.95 (0.83–1.09)0.4842
Hispanic versus others1.17 (1.01–1.35) 0.0331.05 (0.90–1.22)0.540

Recipient BMI 30 versus 251.32 (1.23–1.42) 0.00011.26 (1.16–1.35) 0.0001
25–30 versus 251.17 (1.10–1.26) 0.00011.14 (1.06–1.23)0.0004

Donor age 60 versus 601.26 (1.18–1.35) 0.00011.21 (1.12–1.30) 0.0001
Etiology of liver diseaseALD versus others1.26 (1.14–1.39) 0.00011.22 (1.10–1.36)0.0002
HCV versus others1.37 (1.28–1.48) 0.00011.34 (1.24–1.46) 0.0001
NASH + cryptogenic cirrhosis versus others1.53 (1.37–1.70) 0.00011.45 (1.29–1.63) 0.0001

RejectionTreated rejection versus no rejection3.31 (3.02–3.62) 0.00013.51 (3.20–3.84) 0.0001

Donor history of diabetesYes versus no1.18 (1.08–1.30)0.00021.20 (1.10–1.31)0.0001

DDLT: deceased donor liver transplant; AA: African American; BMI: body mass index; ALD: alcohol liver disease; HCV: hepatitis C virus; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.