Table 8.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the predictors of the risk of experiencing at least one major post-biopsy complication

	B	SE	Wald	P value	OR	95% CI
Gender (male versus female)	−0.246	0.134	3.380	.066	0.782	0.602–1.016
Age (years)	0.004	0.004	1.391	.238	1.004	0.997–1.012
Creatinine (for each increase of 1 mg/dL)	0.117	0.021	30.951	<.001	1.124	1.079–1.171
Proteinuria (for each increase of 1 g/day)	−0.049	0.019	6.771	.009	0.952	0.918–0.988
Biopsy passes (for each additional pass)	0.198	0.067	8.721	.003	1.219	1.069–1.391
Ultrasound-guided versus ultrasound-assisted biopsy	−0.383	0.167	5.281	.022	0.682	0.492–0.945
Liver disease (yes versus no)	0.821	0.320	6.594	.010	2.272	1.214–4.252
Year of biopsy (for each year after 2012)	−0.068	0.035	3.826	.050	0.935	0.873–1.000
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	−0.002	0.005	0.155	.694	0.998	0.988–1.008
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.003	0.008	0.149	.699	1.003	0.987–1.019