Risk factors for ED-AKI included increasing age, nursing home residence, previous hospital admission within 30 days, discharge diagnosis of diabetes, obstructive uropathy, sepsis, gastrointestinal medical conditions, high serum creatinine, bilirubin, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, alanine aminotransferase, low serum sodium or albumin on admission, poor premorbid renal function, antibiotic use, active malignancy, lung disease, hyperlipidaemia, and infection. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and diabetes mellitus.