Table 2.

Distribution of clinical diagnosis based on chronic renal disease in sickle cell disease hospital admissions of adults.

	Chronic Renal Disease Negative (%) n=41,823	Chronic Renal Disease Positive (%) n=2328	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
Female gender	62.0	47.0	0.6 (0.5–0.7)
Sickle cell crisis	90.0	74.0	0.7 (0.6–0.8)
Proteinuria	0.2	1.0	2.5 (1.6–4.0)
Diabetes	4.0	10.0	1.5 (1.3–1.8)
Hypertension	13.0	68.0	3.7 (3.4–4.2)
Dyslipidemia	1.0	3.0	1.4 (1.04–1.9)
Heart failure	5.0	25.0	2.0 (1.7–2.3)
Transfusions	31.0	46.0	1.2 (1.1–1.3)

OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.