Table 3. Factors associated with acute kidney injury mortality.
| Independent variables | Mortality | Odds ratio(95% CI) | P value | |
| Yes, n = 19 (28.4%) | No, n = 48 (71.6%) | |||
| Age<5 years | 13 (68.4) | 25 (52.1) | 1.99 (0.65–6.11) | 0.22 |
| Male | 15 (78.9) | 32 (66.7) | 1.88 (0.53–6.58) | 0.32 |
| Hypertension & oedema | 7 (36.8) | 18 (37.5) | 0.97 (0.32–2.92) | 0.96 |
| Convulsion/loss of consciousness | 10 (52.6) | 20 (41.7) | 1.56 (0.53–4.53) | 0.42 |
| History of reduced urine/Oliguria | 16 (84.2) | 30 (62.5) | 3.20 (0.82–12.52) | 0.08 |
| WCC at admission >15 000/mm3 | 15 (78.9) | 19 (39.6) | 5.72 (1.65–19.89) | 0.00 |
| Platelet count <100 000/mm3 | 10 (52.6) | 5 (10.4) | 9.56 (2.63–34.77) | 0.00 |
| Primary kidney disease | 6 (31.6) | 20 (41.7) | 0.65 (0.21–1.99) | 0.45 |
| Admission eCCl<15ml/min/1.73m2 | 5 (26.3) | 15 (31.3) | 0.79 (0.24–2.58) | 0.69 |
| Worst eCCl <15ml/min/1.73m2 | 10 (52.6) | 21 (43.8) | 1.43 (0.49–4.15) | 0.51 |
| Serum bicarbonate <15mmol/l | 12 (63.2) | 34 (70.8) | 0.71 (0.23–2.17) | 0.54 |
| Serum potassium ≥5.5mmol/l | 8 (42.1) | 18 (37.5) | 1.21 (0.41–3.58) | 0.73 |
| RIFLE category ‘F’ | 14 (73.7) | 32 (66.7) | 1.40 (0.43–4.58) | 0.58 |
| Needed dialysis | 12 (63.2) | 7 (14.6) | 10.04 (2.94–34.33) | 0.00 |
| Received dialysis | 6 (31.6) | 7 (14.6) | 2.70 (0.77–9.50) | 0.11 |
WCC: white cell count; eCCl: estimated creatinine clearance; RIFLE: ‘Risk’, ‘Injury’, ‘Failure’, ‘Loss’, ‘End stage’.