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Table 2 Risk factors for BKVN diagnosis

From: Characteristics, risk factors and outcome of BKV nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients: a case–control study

Variable

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P (Wald’s test)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P (Wald’s test)

Female sex

2.1 (0.9–5.3)

0.10

1.3 (0.2–7.1)

0.75

Prior transplant

2.3 (0.7–7.1)

0.18

1.0 (0.2–5.7)

0.98

Delayed graft function

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

0.02

0.2 (0.04–1.1)

0.06

Lymphocyte count < 500/mm3

2.3 (1.1–5.1)

0.03

3.7 (1.2–11.3)

0.02

c-PRA score

    

 15–50%

Ref.

0.01

 

0.13

 < 15%

0.7 (0.3–2.0)

0.53

1.7 (0.3–9.9)

0.54

 > 50%

3.0 (0.9–10.1)

0.07

6.6 (0.7–62.9)

0.10

Corticosteroid dose > 7.5 mg/day

4 (1.5–10.7)

0.006

3.9 (1.1–13.2)

0.03

  1. p < 0.05 values are statistically significant and shown in bold
  2. BKVN BK-virus associated nephropathy, CI confidence interval, c-PRA calculated panel reactive antibody