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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of hospital surviving and non surviving patients with acute kidney injury during Intensive Care Unit admission.

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

Variable

Non survivors (n = 77)

Survivors (n = 61)

P

Mean age (years)

58.8 (16.6)

58.8 (16.3)

0.991

Male (%)

68.8

77

0.378

Caucasian (%)

87

83.6

0.748

DM1 (%)

11.7

22.9

0.125

Hypertension (%)

16.9

32.8

0.048

CVD2 (%)

25.9

13.1

0.098

Cirrhosis (%)

10.4

9.8

0.885

HIV infection3 (%)

20.8

13.1

0.340

Neoplasm (%)

10.4

13.1

0.819

APACHE II score4

30 (8.6)

24.2 (7.4)

< 0.0001

Nonrenal APACHE II score5

26.7 (8.5)

20.5 (7.5)

< 0.0001

Baseline SCr (mg/dL)6

1 (0.5)

1 (0.4)

0.379

Septic shock (%)

63.6

55.7

0.444

MV7 (%)

68.8

47.5

0.019

RRT8 (%)

32.5

26.2

0.543

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