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Table 6 Multivariable analysis

From: Fluid removal associates with better outcomes in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a cohort study

 

ICU mortality

Hospital mortality

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Age

1.02

1.01–1.03

< 0.001

1.02

1.01–1.03

0.001

Male sex

1.21

0.84–1.73

0.30

1.23

0.89–1.70

0.23

BMI

 < 20

2.43

1.01–5.82

 

3.09

1.32–7.23

 

 20 to < 25

1

 

0.22

1

 

0.037

 25 to < 30

0.90

0.59–1.39

 

0.95

0.64–1.43

 

 30 to < 40

0.84

0.53–1.31

 

0.86

0.57–1.31

 

 40 or higher

0.86

0.42–1.78

 

1.53

0.79–2.97

 

SOFA score on the 1st day of CRRT

1.17

1.11–1.23

< 0.001

1.13

1.08–1.16

< 0.001

Highest arterial lactate concentration on 1st day of CRRT (μmol/l)

1.03

0.98–1.07

0.23

1.04

1.00–1.08

0.065

Hb on 1st day of CRRT (per 10 g/dl)

0.99

0.90–1.09

0.86

0.98

0.89–1.07

0.61

Daily noradrenaline dose [μg], mean*

 0

1

 

< 0.001

1

 

0.002

 1–4999

0.87

0.50–1.51

 

0.92

0.56–1.51

 

 5000–9999

0.96

0.48–1.93

 

1.12

0.62–2.03

 

 10,000–49,999

2.60

1.62–4.17

 

1.94

1.25–3.00

 

 ≥ 50,000

2.77

1.40–5.50

 

2.10

1.06–4.19

 

Cumulative FB at CRRT initiation (per 1000 ml)

1.01

0.97–1.05

0.80

1.01

0.97–1.05

0.59

Delta cumulative FB

 No nadir reached

1

 

0.048

1

 

0.010

 < 2500 ml reduction

0.84

0.48–1.46

 

0.77

0.54–1.29

 

 2500–4999 ml reduction

0.57

0.36–0.91

 

0.67

0.43–1.03

 

 ≥ 5000 ml reduction

0.57

0.33–0.99

 

0.43

0.26–0.71

 
  1. Abbreviations: BW body weight, BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, FB fluid balance, Hb haemoglobin in [g/dl], ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, OR odds ratio, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
  2. *Mean daily dose across all days on RRT
  3. There were no significant interactions between cumulative and delta fluid balance (ICU model: p = 0.87, hospital model: p = 0.66). C-statistic: ICU model c = 0.77, hospital model c = 0.73, Hosmer Lemeshow goodness of fit: ICU model: p = 0.31, hospital model: p = 0.33