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. 2021 Mar 22;34(2):295–304. doi: 10.1007/s40620-021-01022-0

Table 2.

Odds ratios for incidence of AKI during hospitalization

Whole cohort (n = 1191) COVID-19 (n = 316) Other diagnoses (n = 875)
Adjusted OR 95% CI Adjusted OR 95% CI Adjusted OR 95% CI
COVID-19 1.70* 1.04,2.76
Age categories
 Age < 80 Reference Reference Reference
 Age 80–90 1.28 0.75,2.17 3.57* 1.32,9.66 0.77 0.38,1.56
 Age > 90 1.54 0.83,2.89 1.17 0.36,3.74 1.52 0.68,3.41
 Women 0.73 0.47,1.12 0.53 0.24,1.21 0.91 0.52,1.60
Vital signs at admission
 Temperature, °C 1.01 0.74,1.37 1.06 0.64,1.75 0.89 0.57,1.38
 SBP, mmHg 0.99 0.98,1.00 0.98 0.96,1.00 0.99 0.97,1.00
 DBP, mmHg 1.01 0.99,1.03 1.01 0.98,1.05 1.01 0.98,1.03
 Pulse rate, /min 1.01 1.00,1.03 1.01 0.98,1.04 1.01 0.99,1.03
 Saturation, < 90% 1.45 0.71,2.98 1.98 0.70,5.59 2.18 0.70,6.76
Lab values
 Baseline kidney function
  eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min Reference Reference Reference
  eGFR 30–59 mL/min 4.19*** 2.48,7.05 2.94* 1.17,7.34 5.55*** 2.74,11.2
  eGFR < 30 mL/min 20.3*** 9.95,41.3 9.93** 2.32,42.5 35.0*** 14.0,87.7
  Number of creatinine measurements 1.71*** 1.56,1.86 1.55*** 1.34,1.78 1.88*** 1.66,2.13
  CRP > 10 mg/L 1.81* 1.11,2.95 2.28 0.97,5.36 2.05* 1.07,3.95
Medication at admission
 ACEIs 1.14 0.69,1.90 1.21 0.44,3.32 1.17 0.61,2.26
 ARBs 1.05 0.63,1.76 0.78 0.30,2.06 1.22 0.63,2.34
 Betablockers 0.68 0.43,1.06 0.72 0.31,1.65 0.66 0.36,1.19
 CCBs 1.24 0.78,1.96 1.04 0.45,2.39 1.57 0.85,2.90
 Diuretics 1.07 0.66,1.73 1.08 0.46,2.56 1.14 0.60,2.18
 Statins 1.44 0.91,2.28 1.62 0.68,3.85 1.57 0.86,2.87
 LMWH/NOAC/warfarin 1.06 0.65,1.73 0.62 0.22,1.79 0.99 0.54,1.82
 Antiplatelets 1.19 0.74,1.92 1.49 0.63,3.50 1.11 0.58,2.13
 NSAIDs 1.58 0.60,4.14 1.12 0.13,10.1 2.07 0.65,6.67
 Glucocorticoids 1.08 0.63,1.87 0.63 0.22,1.76 1.41 0.70,2.84
 Antibiotics 1.12 0.73,1.72 1.63 0.74,3.59 0.93 0.52,1.63
Admission source
 From home Reference Reference Reference
 From nursing home 1.39 0.40,4.90 0.66 0.04,10.4 2.10 0.45,9.86
 From other clinic 1.10 0.71,1.72 0.93 0.39,2.21 1.39 0.79,2.46
Admission hospital
 Clinic 1 vs clinic 2 1.20 0.71,2.02 1.49 0.56,3.98 0.92 0.46,1.85

OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval, AKI acute kidney injury, SBP systolic BP, DBP diastolic BP, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, CRP C-reactive protein, ACEIs angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARBs angiotensin receptor blockers, CCBs calcium channel blockers, LMWH low molecular weight heparin, NOAC non-vitamin-k oral anticoagulant, NSAIDs nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001