Brief Report: Preadmission VACS Index as a Predictor of Hospital Acute Kidney Injury in People With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index is a summary measure of routinely obtained clinical variables that predicts numerous health outcomes. Because there are currently no tools to predict acute kidney injury (AKI) in people with HIV (PWH), we investigated the association of preadmission VACS Index with hospital AKI in PWH.

Methods

We conducted an observational study of PWH hospitalized in a New York City health system between 2010 and 2019. The VACS Index, calculated using outpatient laboratory values within 8-365 days of admission, was examined continuously and in quartiles. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models, adjusting for sociodemographic factors, comorbidities, and ICU admission, determined the association of the VACS Index with AKI.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Fisher MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature