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. 2013 Jan 4;8(4):568–574. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05790612

Table 2.

ORs in patients with AKI compared with no AKI

% (n) % (n) OR (CI) P
Acute malnutrition Normal Moderate/severe
 No AKI 86.3 (88) 13.7 (14) 1
 Risk 72.7 (32) 27.3 (12) 2.4 (0.99–5.6) 0.05
 Injury/failure 66.7 (14) 33.3 (7) 3.1 (1.1–9.1) 0.03
Chronic malnutrition
 No AKI 82.4 (84) 17.6 (18) 1
 Risk 63.6 (28) 36.4 (16) 2.7 (1.2–5.9) 0.02
 Injury/failure 76.2 (16) 23.8 (5) 1.5 (0.5–4.5) 0.51
PRISM III ≤6 >7
 No AKI 71.2 (74) 28.8 (30) 1
 Risk 52.3 (23) 47.7 (21) 2.3 (1.1–4.7) 0.03
 Injury/failure 38.1 (8) 61.9 (13) 4.0 (1.5–10.7) 0.01
PELOD ≤21 >22
 No AKI 98.0 (100) 2.0 (2) 1
 Risk 93.2 (41) 6.8 (3) 3.7 (0.6–22.7) 0.17
 Injury/failure 81.0 (17) 19.0 (4) 11.8 (2.0–69.3) 0.01
Hospital LOS ≤14 >15
 No AKI 61.8 (63) 38.2 (39) 1
 Risk 52.3 (23) 47.7 (21) 1.5 (0.7–3.0) 0.29
 Injury/failure 33.3 (7) 66.7 (14) 3.2 (1.2–8.7) 0.02
Survival Alive Died
 No AKI 97.1 (99) 2.9 (3) 1
 Risk 100 (44) 0 (0)
 Injury/failure 85.7 (18) 14.3 (3) 5.5 (1.0–29.4) 0.05

Moderate/severe wasting is weight for age <2 z-scores below normal. Moderate/severe stunting is height for age <2 z-scores below normal, using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PRISM III, Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score; PELOD, Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction; LOS, length of hospital stay.