Journal article
Risk Factors For Death Among Veterans Following Acute Kidney Injury
The American journal of medicine, Vol.136(5), pp.449-457
05/2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.01.006
PMCID: PMC10765959
PMID: 36708794
Abstract
Background
: Acute Kidney Injury is prevalent among hospitalized Veterans and associated with increased risk of death following discharge. However, risk factors for death following acute kidney injury have not been well defined. We developed a mortality prediction model using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) data.
Methods
: This retrospective cohort study included inpatients from 2013 and 2018 with a creatinine increase of ≥0.3 mg/dL. We evaluated 45 variables for inclusion in our final model with a primary outcome of one-year mortality. Bootstrap sampling with replacement was used to identify variables selected in >60% of models using stepwise selection. Best sub-sets regression using Akaike information criteria was used to identify the best-fitting parsimonious model.
Results
: A total of 182,683 patients were included, and 38,940 (21.3%) died within 1 year of discharge. The 10-variable model to predict mortality included age, chronic lung disease, cancer within 5 years, unexplained weight loss, dementia, congestive heart failure, hematocrit, blood urea nitrogen, bilirubin, and albumin. Notably, acute kidney injury stage, chronic kidney disease, discharge creatinine, and proteinuria were not selected for inclusion. C-statistics in the primary validation cohorts were 0.77 for the final parsimonious model, compared to 0.52 for acute kidney injury stage alone.
Conclusion
: We identified risk factors for long-term mortality following acute kidney injury. Our 10-variable model did not include traditional renal variables, suggesting that non-kidney factors contribute to the risk of death more than measures of kidney disease in this population, a finding which may have implications for post-acute kidney injury care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Risk Factors For Death Among Veterans Following Acute Kidney Injury
- Creators
- Benjamin R. GriffinMary Vaughan-SarrazinEli PerencevichMasaaki YamadaMelissa SweeMeenakshi SambhariaSaket GirotraHeather S. ReisingerDiana Jalal
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of medicine, Vol.136(5), pp.449-457
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.01.006
- PMID
- 36708794
- PMCID
- PMC10765959
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Med
- ISSN
- 0002-9343
- eISSN
- 1555-7162
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/25/2023
- Date published
- 05/2023
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Medicine; Center for Social Science Innovation; Nephrology; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363311202771
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