Research Article

Prevalence and Mortality Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Factors associated with AKI—bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.

VariablesOR (95% CI)VIF value

Smoking0.7 (0.3–1.5)1.040.41
Diastolic blood pressure1.0 (0.9–1.0)1.030.22
Comorbidities
 Diabetes0.9 (0.5–1.9)1.330.85
 Hypertension2.2 (1.1–4.6)1.350.03
Chronic kidney diseases with GFR <602.1 (1.04–4.3)1.160.02
Medications
 NSAIDs2.7 (1.3–5.9)1.100.01
 ACEIs/ARBs1.04 (0.5–2.2)1.170.91
Laboratory data
 Hemoglobin level0.9 (0.8–1.03)1.050.12
 Urea1.02 (1.01–1.02)1.030.001
 PH0.09 (0.004–2.0)1.350.43
 Serum potassium1.2 (0.8–1.9)1.380.41
 HCO30.97 (0.92–1.02)1.280.22

Included in the multiple logistic regression analysis; AKI: acute kidney injury; ACEIs: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARBs: angiotensin receptor blockers; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; VIF: variance inflation factor. value ≤0.05; value ≤0.01. The bold values are significant with one star <0.05, with two stars <0.001.