Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the overall cohort of septic patients.

From: Long-term risk of mortality after acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis: a contemporary analysis

Variable

Without AKI 1 (n = 288)

With AKI (n = 138)

P

Mean age (years)

50.7 (18.3)

58.8 (16.4)

< 0.0001

Male (%)

62.8

72.5

0.064

Caucasian (%)

90.6

85.5

0.158

DM2 (%)

14.6

16.7

0.678

Hypertension (%)

20.5

23.9

0.497

CVD3 (%)

6.6

20.3

< 0.0001

Cirrhosis (%)

11.8

10.1

0.731

HIV infection4 (%)

16.3

17.4

0.890

Neoplasm (%)

6.2

11.6

0.087

APACHE II score5

18.3 (8)

27.5 (8.6)

< 0.0001

Nonrenal APACHE II score6

17.7 (7.8)

23.9 (8.6)

< 0.0001

Baseline SCr (mg/dL)7

0.8 (0.2)

1 (0.5)

< 0.0001

Septic shock (%)

22.6

60.1

< 0.0001

MV8 (%)

39.2

59.4

< 0.0001

Length of hospital stay (days)

10.7 (12.5)

12 (13.6)

0.328

In-hospital mortality (%)

15.6

55.8

< 0.0001

  1. 1AKI-acute kidney injury. 2DM-diabetes mellitus. 3CVD-cardiovascular disease includes chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease. 4HIV infection-human immunodeficiency virus infection. 5APACHE II score-acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, version II score. 6Nonrenal APACHE II score-acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, version II score not including points for kidney insufficiency. 7Baseline SCr-baseline serum creatinine. 8MV-need for mechanical ventilation.