Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols
AIC	= Akaike’s information criterion		HBP	= High blood pressure
AKI	= Acute kidney injury		ICU	= Intensive care unit
ARDS	= Acute respiratory distress syndrome		IQR	= Interquartile range
BMI	= Body mass index		MI	= Myocardial infarction
CAD	= Coronary artery disease		OR	= Odds ratio
CI	= Confidence interval		RNA	= Ribonucleic acid
CKD	= Chronic kidney disease		RRT	= Renal replacement therapy
COPD	= Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease		RT-PCR	= Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
COVID-19	= Coronavirus disease 2019		SARS-CoV-2	= Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
EuroSCORE	= European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation		SD	= Standard deviation
GzLM	= Generalized linear models