Table 5.

Association with emergent initiation.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
AKI (vs. no AKI)	28.87	5.72–526.2	< 0.001*	25.95	4.26–508.8	< 0.001*
Stroke (vs. no stroke)	5.98	2.08–21.68	0.001*	7.04	1.92–31.21	0.003*
DM (vs. no DM)	1.81	0.93–3.53	0.08	2.65	1.14–6.32	0.02*
Nephrologist’s care < 6 months (vs. ≥ 6 months)	5.67	2.37–15.17	< 0.001*	3.22	1.06–10.54	0.04*
Heart failure (vs. no heart failure)	5.67	2.37–15.17	< 0.001*	2.97	1.03–9.14	0.04*
Female (vs. male)	0.67	0.32–1.35	0.26	0.49	0.18–1.25	0.14
Age ≥ 80 years old (vs. < 80)	2.83	1.17–7.40	0.02*	2.18	0.66–7.39	0.20
Hypertension (vs. no hypertension)	0.21	0.06–0.64	0.005*	0.37	0.07–1.73	0.20
Ischemic heart disease (vs. no ischemic heart disease)	2.17	1.05–4.59	0.04*	1.17	0.45–2.98	0.74

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, AKI acute kidney disease.

*p value < 0.05.