Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study, Palestine

Table 2

Determinants of mortality in patients with acute kidney injury.

Characteristic	Categories	Mortality n (%)		value	Adjusted value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Age OR (95% CI)		0.93 (0.91–0.96)		<0.001	<0.001	0.943 (0.914–0.973)
Comorbidities	Diabetes pt.	22 (16.4)	112 (83.6)	0.225	Not applied	Not applied
	Nondiabetic pt.	14 (11.2)	111 (88.8)
	CKD	12 (17.4)	57 (82.6)	0.32	Not applied	Not applied
	Non-CKD	24 (12.6)	166 (87.4)
	Heart disease	18 (23.4)	63 (57.6)	0.014	0.003	0.305 (0.137–0.677)
	No heart disease	18 (10.1)	160 (89.9)
Complication	Hyperkalemia	27 (18.1)	122 (81.9)	0.02	0.123	1.962 (0.833–4.621)
	No hyperkalemia	9 (8.2)	101 (91.8)
	Hyperphosphatemia	14 (19.4)	58 (80.6)	0.1	Not applied	Not applied
	No hyperphosphatemia	22 (11.8)	165 (88.2)
	Hypermagnesemia	13 (19.4)	54 (80.6)	0.13	Not applied	Not applied
	No hypermagnesemia	23 (12)	169 (88)
	Metabolic acidosis	6 (33.3)	12 (66.7)	0.01	0.073	2.993 (0.901–9.938)
	No metabolic acidosis	30 (12.4)	211 (87.6)
Stage	Stage 1	8 (12.7)	55 (87.3)	0.4	Not applied	Not applied
	Stage 2	8 (10.5)	68 (89.5)
	Stage 3	20 (16.7)	100 (83.3)

The bold values signify values <0.05.