Table 5. Risk factors for mortality in the AKI and control groups.
| Risk factor | AKI group p -value |
No AKI group p -value |
|---|---|---|
| Young age a | 0.006 b | 0.888 |
| Female gender | 0.103 | 0.021 b |
| Severe malnutrition | 0.462 | 0.017 b |
| Mechanical ventilation | 0.000 b | 0.000 b |
| Hypovolemia c | 0.002 b | 0.314 |
| Shock c | 0.000 b | 0.049 b |
| Sepsis | 0.000 b | 0.025 b |
| Thrombocytopenia c | 0.001 b | 0.965 |
| Inotropes | 0.000 b | 0.001 b |
| Nephrotoxic drugs | 0.005 b | 0.097 |
Abbreviation: AKI, acute kidney injury.
Note: Statistical analysis performed using chi-square test.
a
Age between 1 and 24 months.
b
Statistically significant p -value.
c
p -Values by Fisher's exact test in no AKI group for hypovolemia ( p = 0.369); shock ( p = 0.070); and thrombocytopenia ( p = 0.100).