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. 2019 Jun 3;70(8):1536–1545. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz460

Table 5.

Acute Kidney Injury by Exploratory Day 2 Area Under the Curve Exposures

Categorical Outcome Integrated Exposure (PK/PD) Measure Exposure Category No. of Patients Proportion, % Cut-point Level Comparison Unadjusted Adjusted
Point Estimate (95% CI) Point Estimate (95% CI)
AKI CART AUC cutpoint ≤343 30 10 High vs low 0.29 (.08–.49) 0.26 (.00–.51)
>343 to 793 151 26.49 High vs medium 0.12 (–.06 to .31) 0.12 (–.07 to .32)
≥793 31 38.71 Medium vs low 0.16 (.04–.29) 0.14 (–.06 to .33)
RR AUC cutpoint <550 104 21.15 0.09 (–.02 to .21) 0.12 (–.01 to .24)
≥550 108 30.56
VINT CART AUC cutpoint ≤343 30 10 High vs low 0.32 (.12–.52) 0.27 (.01–.54)
>343 to 793 151 29.14 High vs medium 0.13 (–.06 to .32) 0.13 (–.07 to .32)
≥793 31 41.94 Medium vs low 0.19 (.06–.32) 0.15 (–.06 to .35)
RR AUC cutpoint <550 104 23.08 0.10 (–.02 to .22) 0.12 (.00–.25)
≥550 108 33.33

Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; AUC, area under the curve; CART, classification and regression tree; CI, confidence interval; PK/PD, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic; RR, relative risk; VINT; vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity.