Central line-associated bloodstream infection among children with biliary atresia listed for liver transplantation

Table 2 Demographic, clinical, and laboratory factors assessed as potential risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection

	HR	95%CI	P value
Male	0.934	0.335-2.6	0.89
Race
White	Reference
Black	1.156	0.334-4	0.819
Asian	1.089	0.143-8.298	0.934
Ethnicity
Hispanic	0.642	0.259	0.339
Primary Language non-English	0.531	0.154-1.832	0.317
Insurance
Private	Reference
Public/None	2.435	0.705-8.406	0.159
Kasai portoenterostomy timing
≤ 100 d	0.852	0.319-2.275	0.749
> 100 d	1.33	0.159-11.126	0.792
Not performed	Reference
Age at listing	1.883	0.379-9.36	0.439
Any home parenteral nutrition	0.811	0.323-2.035	0.656
Anthropometrics
Length at listing	1.069	0.937-1.219	0.323
Weight at listing	1.036	0.67-1.672	0.872
Length z-score at listing	0.942	0.674-1.317	0.728
Weight z-score at listing	0.836	0.55-1.271	0.403
WFL z-score at listing	0.858	0.579-1.271	0.445
Laboratory
ALT at listing	0.999	0.998-1.002	0.861
GGT at listing	1	0.999-1.001	0.176
Albumin at listing	0.853	0.314-2.314	0.775
Conjugated bilirubin at listing	0.991	0.91-1.079	0.842
Total bilirubin at listing	0.997	0.946-1.051	0.927
White blood cells at listing	1.016	0.93-1.109	0.724
Hemoglobin at listing	1.106	0.816-1.5	0.516
Platelets at listing	1.001	0.998-1.005	0.458
INR at listing	1.084	0.9593-1.225	0.196
BUN at listing	1.007	0.918-1.104	0.889
Prealbumin at listing	0.966	0.842-1.109	0.628

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; WFL: Weight-for-length; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma glutamyl transferase; INR: International normalized ratio; BUN: Blood urea mitrogen.