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. 2013 Dec 11;2(2):201–208. doi: 10.1007/s40121-013-0022-6

Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate associations with acute kidney injury

Variable OR 95% CI p aOR 95% CI p
Age group
 Young (reference) 1.00 N/A N/A 1.00 N/A N/A
 Older adults 1.00 0.41–2.42 1.00 0.69 0.25–1.92 0.48
 Very elderly 0.90 0.37–2.20 0.82 0.78 0.28–2.26 0.80
CrCl (mL/min) 0.98 0.96–1.00 0.05
Charlson score 1.30 1.05–1.61 0.02
Infection sitea
 Blood 0.36 0.14–0.94 0.03
 Genitourinary 0.38 0.11–1.43 0.14
 Lower respiratory tract 4.08 1.90–8.78 <0.01 5.18 2.15–12.41 <0.01
Goal vancomycin trough 15–20 mg/L 2.21 0.91–5.36 0.07
Length of treatment (days) 1.08 1.00–1.16 0.04 1.12 1.03–1.22 <0.01
Risk factors for nephrotoxicity
 Vasopressors 4.30 0.76–24.46 0.10
 Nephrotoxins 2.06 0.98–4.35 0.06
 ≥2 risk factors at baseline 7.00 2.08–23.55 <0.01 6.94 1.81–26.66 <0.01

aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, CrCl creatinine clearance, OR odds ratio

aInfection sites are not mutually exclusive. Data are median (interquartile range) or n (%)