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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Apr 18;76(2):184–193. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.12.010

Table 4:

Associations of time-updated cumulative NSAID and opioid exposure with outcomes, adjusting for time-dependent covariates in the full cohort and a sub-cohort comprised of participants who ever used other analgesics or tramadol during CRIC study

Outcome Full cohort Sub-cohort
HR* (95% CI) P value HR* (95% CI) P value
Composite kidney disease outcome**
 Opioid use 1.4 (1.2, 1.7) <0.001 1.6 (1.3, 2.0) <0.001
 NSAID use 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) 0.04 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.2
Kidney failure with KRT
 Opioid use 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) 0.005 1.5 (1.2, 2.0) <0.001
 NSAID use 1.1 (0.8, 1.3) 0.6 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 0.9
Pre-kidney failure death
 Opioid use 1.5 (1.2, 2.0) 0.002 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) 0.009
 NSAID use 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 0.3 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 0.5
Hospitalization
 Opioid use 1.7 (1.6, 1.9) <0.001 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) <0.001
 NSAID use 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 0.01 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 0.08

Other analgesics are non-opioid, non-NSAID.