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. 2013 Nov 7;6(6):584–589. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sft128

Table 3.

Outcome data (mortality) comparing HIV-positive and -negative patients with acute kidney injury (Reference group HIV-negative and alive patients)

Variables HIV-positive and alive patients
HIV-negative and deceased patients
HIV-positive and deceased patients
OR (95% CI) P- value OR (95% CI) P- value OR (95% CI) P- value
Age (years) 0.98 (0.94; 1.01) 0.24 1.03 (>1.00; 1.06) 0.023** 0.98 (0.94; 1.02) 0.27
Gender (female as reference) Male 0.38 (0.08; 1.95) 0.25 0.25 (0.05; 1.25) 0.092* 0.24 (0.03; 2.03) 0.19
Race (non-Black as reference)
 Black 2.78 (1.03; 7.45) 0.04** 0.23 (0.03; 2.03) 0.19
Diabetes 0.41 (0.04; 3.84) 0.43 3.00 (0.85; 10.60) 0.09*
Aetiology (none as reference groups)
 Sepsis 1.71 (0,70; 4.39) 0.26 1.06 (0.46; 2.44) 0.89 2.76 (0.95; 7.98) 0.06*
 Haemodynamic instability 1.18 (0.37; 3.76) 0.78 0.72 (0.23; 2.23) 0.57 0.96 (0.26; 3.55) 0.96
 Urological obstruction 1.03 (0.23; 4.69) 0.97 0.43 (0.08; 2.34) 0.43 0.41 (0.04; 3.73) 0.45
 Miscellaneous 0.45 (0.11; 1.82) 0.27 1.35 (0.51; 3.59) 0.55 0.38 (0.76; 1.9) 0.24
Dialysis 0.47 (0.17; 1.31) 0.15 0.78 (0.33; 1.83) 0.56 1.4 (0.51; 3.86) 0.52
Sodium 0.92 (0.86; 0.99) 0.018** 1.05 (>1.00; 1.10) 0.06* 0.92 (0.85; 0.99) 0.018**
Potassium 1.31 (0.91; 1.90) 0.15 0.86 (0.60; 1.23) 0.41 1.17 (0.78; 1.76) 0.44
Chloride 0.96 (0.91; 1.01) 0.11 1.03 (0.99; 1.08) 0.10* 0.98 (0.93; 1.03) 0.46
CO2 0.93 (0.86; 1.01) 0.07* 1.06 (1.00; 1.13) 0.06* 0.90 (0.83; 0.98) 0.018**
Urea (admission) 1.02 (>1.00; 1.05) 0.016** 0.98 (0.96; 1.01) 0.23 1.01 (0.99; 1.04) 0.32
Creatinine (admission) 1.00 (1.00; >1.00) 0.42 1.00 (1.00;>1.00) 0.07* 1.00 (1.00; >1.00) 0.73
Calcium 0.22 (0.02; 2.75) 0.24 2.08 (0.19; 22.60) 0.54 0.72 (0.04; 14.37) 0.83
Phosphate 1.96 (1.16; 3.33) 0.012** 1.18 (0.70; 1.99) 0.53 2.36 (1.33; 4.20) 0.003***
Haemoglobin 0.97 (0.84; 1.14) 0.75 0.97 (0.84; 1.11) 0.62 0.80 (0.67; 0.97) 0.019**
Albumin 0.99 (0.93; 1.05) 0.67 0.99 (0.93; 1.05) 0.64 0.94 (0.88; 1.02) 0.13
Urine P:C 0.58 (0.06; 5.99) 0.65 0.41 (0.02; 7.32) 0.54 0.55 (0.32; 9.49) 0.68

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Univariate multinomial logistic regression: *Signifying a trend (P > 0.05–0.1), **statistically significance P > 0.01–0.05, ***greater statistically significance P < 0.01.