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Table 2

Baseline characteristics and reported comorbidities for renal replacement therapy in patients requiring mechanical circulatory support.

Terms Estimates Std Error χ2 P values
Intercept 3.7 1.6 5.7 0.0171
Age −0.07 0.02 12.5 0.0004*
Sex, female −0.04 0.26 2.5 0.1159
BMI −0.01 0.04 0.2 0.6909
Insulin-dependent diabetes 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.3194
Chronic renal failure 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4608
Chronic cardiovascular disease 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.2261
Immunomodulation 0.8 0.3 7.3 0.0067*
Structural lung disease −0.3 0.3 0.9 0.3343
Pacemaker/Internal cardiac defibrillator 0.6 0.3 4.2 0.0411*
Atrial fibrillation 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.2430
Endocarditis 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.5936
Previous cardiac surgery 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.3357
Congestive heart failure −0.6 0.3 3.0 0.0845
Peripheral vascular disease −0.02 0.5 0 0.9611

(*) Denotes the baseline characteristics and comorbidities associated with the outcome of interest, the need for renal replacement therapy, are statistically significant.

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