Derivation and validation of urinary TIMP-1 for the prediction of acute kidney injury and mortality in critically ill children

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis for clinical variables associated with initial urinary TIMP-1 level

AKI acute kidney injury, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, MODS multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, MV mechanical ventilation, N/A not applicable, PRISM III pediatric risk of mortality III. Continuous variables were log-transformed in the linear regression analyses
^aAll variables in Table 1 were analyzed in the univariate linear analysis
^bVariables with P < 0.05 were entered into the multivariate analysis after checking the multicollinearity by variance inflation factor and tolerance values

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