Abstract:Objective To investigate the risk factors for renal sepsis caused by ureteral calculi, and to establish a regression model for predicting occurrence of renal sepsis. Methods A total of 747 patients diagnosed with ureteral calculi were retrospectively analyzed. Of which 62 patients developed renal sepsis, and 685 cases without renal sepsis served as control group. Single factor analysis and logistic regression analysis were performed for establishment of a predictive model for development of renal sepsis. Receiver operative characteristic curve was utilized to verify the diagnostic value of the novel model. Results Single factor analysis showed that gender, age, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, operation history of urinary calculi, calculi length and width,mean CT attenuation value of calculi, ipsilateral renal calculi, mean CT attenuation value of hedronephrosis, urine routine WBC, urine culture, urine routine nitrite and functional solitary kidney were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, mean CT attenuation value of hydro-nephrosis, urine culture, urine routine WBC, urine nitrite and functional solitary kidney were the independent risk factors for development of renal sepsis induced by ureteral calculi ( P<0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the predictive model was (0.934 ±0.012).Hosmer and Lemeshow Test indicated a good fitting of the predictive model (χ2 = 5.357, P= 0.616). Conclusions Female patients, high mean CT attenuation value of hydro -nephrosis, positive urine culture,positive urine routine WBC, positive urine nitrite, and functional solitary kidney are independent risk factors to predict occurrence of renal sepsis induced by ureteral calculi, which is informative for early diagnosis.