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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 6.

PPI use and risk 00of incident acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease – sensitivity analyses

AKI Cohort CKD Cohort


PPI Users
(n = 9736)

H2-Receptor Blocker Users
(n = 11,397)

Nonusers
(n = 68,391)

PPI Users
(n = 8192)

H2-Receptor Blocker Users
(n = 10,843)

Nonusers
(n = 61,874)

Number of events (%) 111 (1.14) 26 (0.23) 63 (0.09) 1159 (14.2) 1572 (14.5) 3638 (5.88)
Incident rate per 1000 person-years 46.5 9.26 3.74 34.0 21.0 8.32


Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p value

Unadjusted PPI use vs. no PPI use 12.6 (9.25 – 17.2) <0.0001 2.63 (2.45 – 2.82) <0.0001
PPI use vs. no PPI use 4.31 (3.05 – 6.09) <0.0001 1.18 (1.09– 1.28) <0.0001
Unadjusted H2-receptor blocker use vs. no H2-receptor blocker use 2.50 (1.58 – 3.95) <0.0001 2.71 (2.54 – 2.88) <0.0001
H2-receptor blocker use vs. no H2-receptor blocker use 1.16 (0.72 – 1.85) 0.55 1.49 (1.39 – 1.60) <0.0001
Unadjusted PPI use vs. H2-receptor blocker use 5.05 (3.29 – 7.75) <0.0001 0.97 (0.89 – 1.05) 0.48
PPI use vs. H2-receptor blocker use 3.78 (2.44 – 5.84) a <0.0001 0.81 (0.74 – 0.89) b <0.0001

Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; AKI, acute kidney injury; PPI, proton pump inhibitor; CI, confidence interval; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARBs, angiotensin II receptor blockers; H2, histamine-2

a

Adjusted for adjusted for age, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and use of fluoroquinolones, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and diuretics

b

Adjusted for age, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and use of ACE inhibitors, and diuretics