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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;40(7):2116–2123. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182514bca

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis for the development of acute kidney injury.

OR (95% CI) P-Value
APACHE III score 1.03 (1.03-1.04) <0.0001
Body mass index (kg/m2)
 Underweight 0.85 (0.48-1.53) 0.596
 Normal weight (reference) 1.0
 Overweight 1.35 (1.00-1.81) 0.047
 Obese 1.68 (1.21-2.33) 0.002
ICUs
 Medical ICUs (reference) 1.00
 Surgical ICUs 0.59 (0.44-0.79) 0.0004
 Others 0.63 (0.35-1.15) 0.133
Source of infection
 Lung (reference) 1.00
 Abdomen 1.53 (1.03-2.27) 0.036
 Urinary tract 1.73 (0.98-3.06) 0.060
 Skin/soft tissue 1.66 (0.99-2.80) 0.056
 Others 0.82 (0.49-1.36) 0.444
 Unknown 2.34 (1.25-4.39) 0.008
 Multiple sources 1.02 (0.72-1.45) 0.905
Platelet (103/mm3) 0.998 (0.997-0.999) <0.0001
Pre-ICU hospital stay >48 hours 0.74 (0.57-0.96) 0.021
Receiving vasopressors for >48 hours 1.30 (1.01-1.68) 0.041

Definition of abbreviations: OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval; APACHE=Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU=intensive care unit.