27 January 2026 : Database Analysis
Comparison of Outcomes From Intermittent Hemodialysis and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy With Systemic or Regional Anticoagulation in 128 Patients in a Polish Intensive Care Unit
Joanna WolskaDOI: 10.12659/MSM.949686
Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e949686
Table 4 Univariate analysis of odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for in-hospital, 90-day, and long-term mortality according to patient characteristics.
| Long-term mortality (by 31/12/2020) | 90-day mortality | In-hospital mortality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | ||||
| Therapy type | |||||||||
| IHD | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| HEP | 0.76 | (0.19–3.05) | 0.70 | 0.71 | (0.24–2.13) | 0.54 | 0.74 | (0.27–2.04) | 0.56 |
| CITR | 0.91 | (0.23–3.64) | 0.89 | 0.76 | (0.26–2.23) | 0.62 | 1.04 | (0.38–2.88) | 0.94 |
| Age | |||||||||
| <44 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| 45–54 | 3.68 | (0,87–15.53) | 0.08 | 4.50 | (1.15–17.65) | 0.03 | 4.50 | (1.15–17.65) | 0.03 |
| 55–64 | 11.55 | (2.06–64.72) | 0.005 | 5.44 | (1.49–19.87) | 0.01 | 4.50 | (1.27–15.90) | 0.02 |
| ≥65 | 35.0 | (3.87–316.7) | 0.002 | 8.44 | (2.35–30.28) | 0.001 | 5.25 | (1.59–17.32) | 0.006 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Women | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Men | 2.54 | (0.81–7.98) | 0.11 | 1.44 | (0.56–3.74) | 0.45 | 1.40 | (0.56–3.47) | 0.47 |
| Hypertension | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 2.77 | (0.59–13.02) | 0.20 | 0.75 | (0.30–1.87) | 0.54 | 0.66 | (0.28–1.56) | 0.34 |
| Diabetes mellitus | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.98 | (0.20–4.79) | 0.98 | 0.88 | (0.26–2.92) | 0.83 | 0.56 | (0.19–1.64) | 0.29 |
| APACHE scale | |||||||||
| I | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| II | 2.13 | (0.43–10.68) | 0.36 | 2.22 | (0.56–8.76) | 0.25 | 2.36 | (0.62–8.97) | 0.21 |
| III | 4.06 | (0.86–19.09) | 0.08 | 3.99 | (1.08–14.7) | 0.04 | 5.08 | (1.41–18.23) | 0.01 |
| Surgical | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 1.84 | (0.59–5.72) | 0.29 | 1.57 | (0.64–3.87) | 0.32 | 1.45 | (0.61–3.43) | 0.40 |
| Pulmonary oedema | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.70 | (0.20–2.43) | 0.58 | 0.75 | (0.28–2.00) | 0.56 | 0.75 | (0.29–1.92) | 0.55 |
| Acidosis | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.61 | (0.20–1.86) | 0.38 | 0.68 | (0.29–1.61) | 0.38 | 0.81 | (0.36–1.85) | 0.62 |
| Fluid overload | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.36 | (0.11–1.12) | 0.08 | 0.39 | (0.15–0.99) | 0.047 | 0.42 | (0.17–1.02) | 0.05 |
| Oliguria | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 2.12 | (0.69–6.53) | 0.19 | 1.62 | (0.68–3.84) | 0.28 | 1.65 | (0.72–3.76) | 0.23 |
| Hyperkalemia | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 1.43 | (0.37–5.47) | 0.60 | 0.65 | (0.26–1.63) | 0.35 | 0.68 | (0.28–1.66) | 0.40 |
| Liver failure | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.98 | (0.20–4.79) | 0.98 | 0.88 | (0.26–2.92) | 0.83 | 1.08 | (0.33–3.58) | 0.90 |
| Time of initiating renal replacement therapy | 0.98 | (0.90–1.07) | 0.67 | 0.95 | (0.89–1.02) | 0.13 | 0.96 | (0.90–1.03) | 0.25 |
| ICU stay (length) | 0.99 | (0.98–1.01) | 0.42 | 0.99 | (0.97–1.00) | 0.17 | 0.99 | (0.97–1.00) | 0.16 |
| APACHE scale – Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) scale; APACHE II scale: I: 30; CI – confidence interval; CITR – patients subject to Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy with citrate anticoagulation; HEP – patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy with heparin anticoagulation; ICU – intensive care unit; IHD – patients subject to intermittent hemodialysis; OR – odds ratio. | |||||||||






