Table III.

Predictors of mortality in patients with acute kidney injury

Variable	Death (n=42)	Alive (n=178)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	P
Diabetes mellitus	23	112	0.571 (0.15-2.21)	0.418
Chronic kidney disease	15	88	2.348 (0.50-11.06)	0.280
Congestive cardiac failure	10	30	2.253 (0.46-11.06)	0.317
Systemic infection	33	89	1.351 (0.24-7.60)	0.732
Inotrope requirement	32	15	126.5* (19.39-825.93)	<0.001
Solid organ malignancy	2	3	8.672 (0.99-758.07)	0.344
Haematological malignancy	3	3	25.86* (1.81-369.58)	0.017
Hospital acquired AKI	18	81	0.699 (0.34-6.03)	0.626
Admission creatinine, median (IQR)	1.84 (1.86)	1.12 (1.70)	<0.001#

^#P-value by Mann-Whitney U-test; ^*Adjusted for diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, congestive cardiac failure, systemic infection, inotrope requirement, solid organ malignancy, haematological malignancy and hospital acquired AKI. IQR, interquartile range