Baseline Renal Function Predicts Hyponatremia in Liver Cirrhosis Patients Treated with Terlipressin for Variceal Bleeding

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate logistic analyses of the risk factors for the development of hyponatremia.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Hepatitis B virus positivity	0.50	0.29–0.85	0.011	0.54	0.29–0.99	0.05
Diabetes mellitus	0.50	0.27–0.93	0.027	0.47	0.23–0.93	0.03
Creatinine	0.17	0.08–0.35	<0.001	0.22	0.10–0.46	<0.001
Initial sodium	1.11	1.06–1.16	<0.001	1.09	1.03–1.17	0.005
Child-Pugh score	0.83	0.75–0.93	0.001	1.06	0.91–1.23	0.441
Shock on admission	0.14	0.05–0.40	<0.001	0.19	0.06–0.61	0.005