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. 2024 Jan 29;50(2):247–257. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07314-2

Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of possible risk factors for the postoperative development of acute kidney disease after 7 days

Variable OR (95% CI) P-value
Intercept 0.006 (0.003, 0.011)  < 0.001
Sex (male vs. female) 0.45 (0.38, 0.52)  < 0.001
Age (year) 1.05 (1.04, 1.06)  < 0.001
UN geoscheme
Africa vs. Europe 0.87 (0.60, 1.23) 0.436
Asia vs. Europe 0.62 (0.42, 0.91) 0.017
North America vs. Europe 1.56 (0.64, 3.98) 0.338
South America vs. Europe 0.65 (0.28, 1.37) 0.288
Health expenditure
Medium vs. low 0.67 (0.46, 0.95) 0.030
High vs. low 0.43 (0.28, 0.66)  < 0.001
Comorbidities (yes vs. no)
Hypertension 1.32 (1.11, 1.58) 0.002
Atrial fibrillation 1.44 (1.14, 1.79) 0.002
Previous myocardial infarction 1.25 (1.02, 1.54) 0.034
Peripheral vascular disease 1.30 (1.02, 1.65) 0.030
Surgery urgency (emergency vs. elective) 1.73 (1.19, 2.47) 0.003
Surgical variables
Type of surgery
 Cardiac vs. abdominal 1.24 (1.00, 1.54) 0.047
 Gynecological vs. abdominal 0.74 (0.45, 1.15) 0.202
 Neurosurgical vs. abdominal 0.79 (0.56, 1.10) 0.178
 Orthopedic vs. abdominal 0.77 (0.53, 1.11) 0.168
 Thoracic vs. abdominal 1.08 (0.70, 1.61) 0.9725
 Trauma vs. abdominal 0.72 (0.26, 1.64) 0.473
 Vascular vs. abdominal 1.31 (0.91, 1.88) 0.144
 Urological vs. abdominal 3.24 (2.45, 4.26)  < 0.001
 Other vs. abdominal 0.91 (0.58, 1.39) 0.677
Intraoperative variables
Nephrotoxic agents (yes vs. no)
 Aminoglycosides 0.53 (0.30, 0.88) 0.019
 Cyclosporine/tacrolimus 6.32 (1.65, 21.72) 0.004
 Vancomycin 2.06 (1.07, 3.87) 0.027
Complications (yes vs. no)
 Pulmonary complications1 0.54 (0.23, 1.13) 0.132
 Transfusion (l) 1.12 (0.97, 1.30) 0.108
Postoperative variables
Blood loss (l) 1.08 (0.98, 1.18) 0.093
Nephrotoxic agents (yes vs. no)
 Aminoglycosides 2.54 (1.31, 4.65) 0.004
 NSAIDs 0.78 (0.64, 0.94) 0.011
 Vancomycin 0.58 (0.27, 1.17) 0.147
Complications (yes vs. no)
 Hemodynamic instability2 0.71 (0.54, 0.93) 0.015
 Reoperation 0.84 (0.55, 1.27) 0.431
 Pneumonia 2.07 (1.21, 3.41) 0.006
 Early postoperative-AKI (yes vs. no) 2.64 (2.21, 3.15)  < 0.001

Analysis includes 8878/9510 patients. Number of events (AKD): 891

AKI acute kidney injury, NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, OR odds ratio

1Pulmonary complications (e.g., aspiration, bronchospasm)

2Hemodynamic instability was defined as new onset of vasopressor therapy or increase of norepinephrine/epinephrine ≥ 0.02 µg/kg/min