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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the hospital surviving septic patients.

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

Variable

Without AKI 1 (n = 243)

With AKI (n = 61)

P

Mean age (years)

50.2 (18.2)

58.8 (16.3)

0.001

Male (%)

60.5

77

0.024

Caucasian (%)

90.5

83.6

0.185

DM2 (%)

15.2

22.9

0.211

Hypertension (%)

21.8

32.8

0.104

CVD3 (%)

4.1

13.1

0.018

Cirrhosis (%)

11.1

9.8

0.955

HIV infection4 (%)

12.3

13.1

0.957

Neoplasm (%)

5.3

13.1

0.063

APACHE II score5

16.9 (7.5)

24.2 (7.4)

< 0.0001

Nonrenal APACHE II score6

16.3 (7.2)

20.5 (7.5)

< 0.0001

Baseline SCr (mg/dL)7

0.8 (0.2)

1.1 (0.4)

< 0.0001

Septic shock (%)

18.1

55.7

< 0.0001

MV8 (%)

32.5

47.5

0.041

Length of hospital stay (days)

10.7 (13)

12.8 (9.2)

0.233

  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.