Research Article

Prognostic Value of the Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-to-Albumin Ratio in Critically Ill Older Patients with Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Database Study

Table 3

ORs (95% CIs) for partial secondary outcomes across RA levels.

 NonadjustedModel IModel II
OR (95% CIs)P valueOR (95% CIs)P valueOR (95% CIs)P value

Renal replacement therapy1.24 (1.19, 1.29)<0.00011.24 (1.19, 1.29)<0.00011.27 (1.18, 1.35)<0.0001
Length of stay in ICU0.50 (0.40, 0.61)<0.00010.49 (0.39, 0.60)<0.00010.19 (0.07, 0.32)0.0027
Sepsis1.34 (1.29, 1.38)<0.00011.35 (1.30, 1.40)<0.00011.12 (1.07, 1.18)<0.0001
Septic shock1.31 (1.26, 1.36)<0.00011.32 (1.27, 1.37)<0.00011.08 (1.02, 1.13)0.0043

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Models were derived from logistic regression models. Nonadjusted model adjusting for none. Adjusted model I adjusting for age, ethnicity, and gender. Adjusted model II adjusting for congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, age, ethnicity, gender, diabetes, hypertension, renal failure, metastatic cancer, solid tumor, coagulopathy, obesity, electrolyte disorder, hemorrhagic anemia, anion gap, bicarbonate, creatinine, chloride, hematocrit, platelet, potassium, APTT, INR, PT, BUN, SAPSII, SOFA, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, respiration rate, temperature, SpO2, and white blood cell count.