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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacotherapy. 2019 Mar 21;39(4):443–453. doi: 10.1002/phar.2235

Table 4.

Incidence rates and odds ratios for PPI use and risk of acute kidney injury

AKI Cohort Propensity-Matched AKI Cohort


PPI Users
(n = 16,593)

PPI Nonusers
(n = 76,742)

PPI Users
(n = 13,889)

PPI Nonusers
(n = 13,889)

Number of events (%) 148 (0.89) 67 (0.09) 115 (0.83) 29 (0.21)
Incident rate per 1000 person-years 36.4 3.54 33.7 8.48

Odds Ratio
(95% CI)

p value

Odds Ratio
(95% CI)

p value

Unadjusted PPI use vs. no PPI use 10.3 (7.71 – 13.8) <0.0001 3.99 (2.65 – 6.00) <0.0001
PPI use vs. no PPI use 4.35 (3.14 – 6.04) a <0.0001 3.93 (2.61– 5.93)b <0.0001

Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; PPI, proton pump inhibitors; CI, confidence interval; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARBs, angiotensin II receptor blockers; H2, histamine-2; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

a

Adjusted for age, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, and use of fluoroquinolones, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, diuretics, and H2-receptor blockers

b

Adjusted for age, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and use of macrolides, tetracyclines, NSAIDs, and H2-receptor blockers