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Table 3 Hazard ratios expressing the risk of death in relation to risk factors and biomarkers in 1243 ICU survivors

From: A novel urinary biomarker predicts 1-year mortality after discharge from intensive care

Risk factors

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P

Number of deaths/number at risk

245/1243

 

Clinical risk factors

 Mechanical ventilation (0, 1)

0.84 (0.65, 1.09)

0.20

 Sepsis (0, 1)

0.99 (0.74, 1.32)

0.92

 Charlson Comorbidity Index (+ 1 point)

1.24 (1.16, 1.32)

< 0.0001

 SOFA score (+ 1 point)

0.99 (0.86, 1.15)

0.92

 Length of ICU stay (+ 1 day)

1.18 (1.03, 1.34)

0.014

Circulating biomarkers

 BNP (+ 1 SD)

1.38 (1.19, 1.60)

< 0.0001

 hsTNT (+ 1 SD)

1.19 (1.03, 1.39)

0.022

 hsTnI (+ 1 SD)

1.14 (0.99, 1.32)

0.076

 ADM (+ 1 SD)

1.39 (1.11, 1.48)

0.0006

 sST2 (+ 1 SD)

1.09 (0.94, 1.25)

0.23

 NGAL (+ 1 SD)

1.28 (1.11, 1.47)

0.0005

Urinary biomarkers

 Albuminuria (+ 1 SD)

1.23 (1.07, 1.42)

0.0046

 NGAL (+ 1 SD)

1.13 (0.98, 1.31)

0.094

 ACM128 (+ 1 SD)

2.41 (2.00, 2.91)

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations of the biomarkers are given in Table 2. All models accounted for center (n = 15) as random effect and for sex, age, mean arterial pressure, glomerular filtration estimated from serum cystatin C, and diabetes mellitus