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. 2017 Mar 15;7(3):e013882. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013882

Table 3.

Risk factors for the development of scrub typhus associated AKI

Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Characteristics p Value OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI)
Age (>65 years) 0.000 2.804 (1.931 to 4.073) 0.002 1.965 (1.270 to 3.040)
HTN 0.002 2.017 (1.289 to 3.157) 0.211 1.403 (0.825 to 2.386)
DM 0.005 2.178 (1.270 to 3.734) 0.188 1.516 (0.816 to 2.816)
CKD 0.000 2.808 (1.917 to 4.114) 0.013 3.526 (1.305 to 9.525)
Albumin (<3.5 g/dL) 0.000 2.226 (1.466 to 3.379) 0.001 2.095 (1.367 to 3.211)
Haemoglobin (<12 g/dL) 0.032 1.495 (1.035 to 2.160) 0.769 0.938 (0.613 to 1.437)
Time to hospital presentation after symptom onset (>7 day) 0.034 1.601 (1.039 to 2.465) 0.042 1.625 (1.017 to 2.597)

AKI, acute kidney injury; CKD, chronic kidney disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension.