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Table 8 Separate multivariate regression analysis for the Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of Kidney Function, End-stage Kidney Disease (RIFLE) and the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) classifications

From: Acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients: a comparison between the RIFLE and the Acute Kidney Injury Network classifications

Criteria

Hospital mortality (odds ratio (95% confidence interval))

P value

Area under receiver operator characteristic curve

RIFLE criteria (creatinine + urine output)

   

   Risk

2.69 (1.49 to 4.88)

0.001

0.733

   Injury

2.01 (1.03 to 3.89)

0.038

 

   Failure

3.59 (2.01 to 6.42)

< 0.0001

 

   Any category

2.78 (1.74 to 4.45)

< 0.0001

 

AKIN criteria (creatinine + urine output)

   

   Stage 1

3.54 (1.97 to 6.37)

< 0.0001

0.750

   Stage 2

2.71 (1.33 to 5.53)

0.006

 

   Stage 3

4.66 (2.49 to 8.73)

< 0.0001

 

   Any stage

3.59 (2.14 to 6.01)

< 0.0001

 

RIFLE criteria (creatinine)

   

   Risk

2.63 (1.46 to 4.75)

0.001

0.729

   Injury

2.12 (1.1 to 4.08)

0.025

 

   Failure

3.2 (1.8 to 5.7)

< 0.0001

 

   Any category

2.68 (1.69 to 4.25)

< 0.0001

 

AKIN criteria (creatinine)

   

   Stage 1

3.18 (1.79 to 5.64)

< 0.0001

0.745

   Stage 2

2.74 (1.35 to 5.56)

0.005

 

   Stage 3

3.93 (2.12 to 7.28)

< 0.0001

 

   Any stage

3.38 (2.05 to 5.57)

< 0.0001

 

RIFLE criteria (urine output)

   

   Risk

1.3 (0.35 to 4.8)

0.689

0.619

   Injury

0.83 (0.31 to 2.21)

0.711

 

   Failure

3.26 (1.74 to 6.13)

< 0.0001

 

   Any category

2.06 (1.24 to 3.42)

0.005

 

AKIN criteria (urine output)

   

   Stage 1

1.03 (0.3 to 3.58)

0.953

0.612

   Stage 2

1.03 (0.35 to 2.99)

0.953

 

   Stage 3

2.65 (1.45 to 4.84)

0.001

 

   Any stage

1.9 (1.16 to 3.14)

0.01

 
  1. Defined by both creatinine and urine output criteria or by creatinine criteria or by urine output criteria, including age, gender, race, history of cardiovascular disease, medical admission, sepsis diagnosis, illness severity evaluated by Simplified Acute Physiology Score version II, and need for vasopressors or for mechanical ventilation.