Research Article

Risk Balancing of Cold Ischemic Time against Night Shift Surgery Possibly Reduces Rates of Reoperation and Perioperative Graft Loss

Table 4

Regression analysis of the risks for perioperative graft loss (). Shown are the results of univariable and multivariable binary regression analyses to determine the odds ratios of the investigated variables for the risk of perioperative graft loss () during primary hospitalization period. Analyzed were all 1262 cases with standard kidney transplantations into nonpreoperated sites between 1 January 2000 and 31 October 2013. Included into risk-adjusted multivariable analyses were only transplant variables with a value < 0.2 in univariable regression analyses.

Continuous variables Descriptive statistics Univariable binary regression Risk-adjusted multivariable binary regression
MedMeanRangeOR95% CIOR95% CI
/%

Donor age [yr.]53525–884/0.30.0031.0291.009–1.0480.0171.0271.005–1.050
Donor BMI [kg/m2]252515–384/0.30.0861.0510.993–1.1120.276Not calculated
Donor creatinine [μmol/l]70910–884000.8351.0000.998–1.002Not selected
Recipient age [yr.]555418–7700.5801.0060.985–1.028
Recipient BMI [kg/m2]252515–3835/2.80.0321.0801.007–1.1580.0161.1031.019–1.194
CIT [min.]858916125–245865/5.20.0591.0011.000–1.0010.481Not calculated
1st surgeon’s CUSUM29461–36112/1.00.6151.0010.997–1.006Not selected

Categorical variablesOR95% CIOR95% CI
/%

Night shift surgery 3 AM–6 AM2500.0045.1311.711–15.3890.0035.5431.758–17.47
Recipient’s right fossa74000.5000.8445.15–1.381Not selected
Right donor kidney61100.7150.9130.559–1.489
Number of arteries
 One9470ReferenceCollinearity with number of arterial anastomoses
 >one3150.0431.7161.017–2.893
Number of arterial anastomoses
 One11400Reference Reference
 >one1220.0601.8530.974–3.5250.069Not calculated
Number of veins
 One12200ReferenceNot selected
 >one420.9630.9670.231–4.053
Numbers of venous anastomoses
 One12610Reference
 >one10.9990.0000.000
Stenting of ureter anastomosis
 Nonstented3805/0.4Reference
 Stented8770.3091.3480.759–2.395

Not selected because of a value > 0.2 in univariable analyses.
Odds ratios and 95% CI were not calculated because of a value > 0.05 in multivariable analyses.
Little’s MCAR test: Chi-Square = 31.909, DF = 33, and = 0.521.