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. 2021 Mar 20;36(9):2883–2890. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05022-x

Table 2.

Exploratory analysis of prognostic factors potentially associated with AKI

Univariate analysisd Multivariate analysisd Final multivariate analysisd
Anamnestic prognostic factors OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Duration of symptoms before hospitalizationa, days 1.2 1.10/1.30 0.001 1.2 1.01/1.30 0.002 1.2 1.09/1.43 0.001
Birth weightb, kg 1.9 1.02/3.40 0.04 1.7 0.80/3.70 0.17 - - -
Preterm birth 2.4 1.02/5.80 0.04 1.5 0.50/4.80 0.48 - - -
Clinical prognostic factors OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Signs of respiratory distress 2.4 1.10/5.10 0.02 3.0 0.68/13.56 0.15 - - -
Respiratory rate >2SDS 3.0 1.03/8.90 0.04 2.7 0.75/9.80 0.13 - - -
Need of oxygen therapy 3.9 1.50/10.20 0.006 4.9 0.66/37.7 0.12 - - -
Presence of fever 3.1 1.40/6.90 0.005 13.1 2.1/83.5 0.006 1.9 0.72/5.09 0.19
Refill >2 seconds 6.3 1.01/38.80 0.049 2.0 0.05/82.90 0.71 - - -
Severe Pneumonia 8.6 3.8/19.3 <0.001 46.5 3.4/642.8 0.004 11.9 4.30/33.30 <0.001
Biochemical prognostic factors OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
C-reactive proteinc, mg/dL 1.1 1.03/1.22 0.001 1.1 1.05/1.22 0.001 1.1 1.04/1.23 0.004
Hematocrit <2SDS 2.2 1.03/4.50 0.04 1.4 0.59/2.9 0.49 - - -

Goodness-of-fit of the models: for the multivariate analysis of anamnestic, clinical and biochemical prognostic factors, the Nagelkerke’s R2 and the p of the Hosmer and Lemeshow test are 0.15 and 0.55, 0.53 and 0.91, and 0.13 and 0.1, respectively. For the final multivariate analysis, the Nagelkerke’s R2 is 0.43 and the p of the Hosmer and Lemeshow test is 0.98.

a1 day increase in symptoms duration

b1 kg increase in birth weight

c1 mg/dL increase in C-reactive protein levels.

dWe included in the multivariate analysis only the variables with p < 0.05 at univariate analysis. We considered significant at multivariate analysis only the variables with significant p after Bonferroni correction. The significant p values after Bonferroni correction were < 0.016 for anamnestic risk factors, < 0.01 for clinical risk factors, and <0.025 for biochemical risk factors. We included in the final multivariate analysis only the variables significant at multivariate analysis after Bonferroni correction. At the final multivariate analysis, the significant p cut-off after Bonferroni correction was 0.012

Abbreviations: AKI acute kidney injury, SDS standard deviation score