Vitamin D deficiency may predispose patients to increased risk of kidney transplant rejection

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate regression analyses for rejection

	Univariate regressions				Multivariate regression
	B	OR	95%CI	P value	B	OR	95%CI	P value
Age	-0.02	0.97	0.93-1.02	0.381	-0.04	0.95	0.87-1.03	0.265
Sex, female	1.61	5.04	1.20-21.06	0.027	1.12	3.08	0.31-30.45	0.336
Donor type Cadaver, n (%)	0.46	1.58	0.50-5.00	0.434	1.52	4.60	0.71-29.77	0.109
Donor sex, female, n (%)	-0.33	0.71	0.23-2.15	0.555	0.40	1.50	0.26-8.38	0.643
Donor age, yr	0.03	1.04	0.98-1.10	0.192	0.40	1.04	0.95-1.13	0.340
DGF, n (%)	-0.22	0.80	0.18-3.40	0.763	-1.41	0.24	0.01-4.36	0.337
MMF, gr/d	0.78	2.19	0.69-6.97	0.183	0.84	2.32	0.33-16.37	0.397
Serum fosfor (mg/dL)	0.43	1.53	1.06-2.22	0.023	0.63	1.87	1.01-3.48	0.05
Vitamin D, ng/mL	-0.153	0.85	0.76-0.96	0.007	-0.12	0.88	0.72-1.06	0.196
PTH	0.01	1.00	1.00-1.01	0.052	0.01	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.516
Albumin (g/dL)	-1.49	0.22	0.07-0.68	0.008	-1.17	0.30	0.05-1.69	0.177
CSA serum level, ng/mL	-0.01	0.99	0.99-1.00	0.265	0.01	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.983
TAC serum level, ng/mL	0.167	1.18	0.92-1.51	0.189	0.02	1.01	0.54-1.89	0.955

CI: Confidence interval; CSA: Cyclosporine A; DGF: Delayed graft function; MMF: Mofetil mycophenolate; OR: Odds ratio; PTH: Parathyroid hormone; TAC: Tacrolimus.