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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2014 Feb 15;39(3):195–203. doi: 10.1159/000358495

Table 3. Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury following VAD Implantation.

UNIVARIATE PREDICTORS OR (95 %CI) P value MULTIVARIATE PREDICTORS OR (95% CI) P value
Age 0.99(0.96–1.01) 0.4 Diabetes 2.27(1.03–4.97) 0.04
Male Sex 0.91(0.39–2.12) 0.84 Prior CVD 2.84(0.95–8.6) 0.06
African American Race 1.48(0.72–3.04) 0.29 Preoperative Hematocrit 1.06(0.99–1.13)) 0.06
Weight 0.99(0.98–1.01) 0.25
BMI 0.99(0.93–1.04) 0.62
Creatinine 0.89(0.59–1.34) 0.57
Hypertension 1.48(0.73–2.98) 0.27
CHF 5.1 (0.64–40.5) 0.12
Diabetes 2.44(1.20–4.98) 0.01
Prior CVD 3.12(1.09–8.07) 0.03
PVD 1.1(0.27–4.49) 0.88
Preoperative Hematocrit 1.07(0.99–1.13) 0.05
Perfusion Time 1.00(0.99–1.01) 0.69
Intraoperative PRBC use 1.02(0.51–2.06) 0.95
Right Atrial Pressure 1.02(0.95–1.08) 0.6
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure 0.98(0.94–1.02) 0.40
Cardiac Output 0.95(0.73–1.25) 0.76

BMI – Body Mass Index

eGFR – estimated glomerular filtration rate

PRBC- Packed red blood cells

PVD- Peripheral vascular disease

CVD- cerebrovascular disease

CHF- congestive heart failure