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Table 2 Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients admitted in ICU during the study period

From: Actual versus ideal body weight for acute kidney injury diagnosis and classification in critically Ill patients

Characteristics

Total (n = 493)

Age, year, median (IQR)

67 (54-77)

Male sex, n (%)

264 (54)

White, n (%)

440 (89)

BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR)

28 (24-33)

Body weight, kg, median (IQR)

 

  - Actual body weight

82 (68-96)

  - Ideal body weight

70 (60-77)

Baseline creatinine, mg/dL, median (IQR)

1 (0.8-1.2)

Comorbidities

 

  - DM

115 (23)

  - Coronary artery disease

59 (12)

  - Stroke

49 (10)

  - Congestive heart failure

34 (7)

  - Chronic pulmonary disease

119 (24)

  - Cirrhosis

27 (5)

  - Chronic kidney disease*, n (%)

148 (30)

ICU type

 

  - Medical ICU

216 (44)

  - Surgical ICU

173 (35)

  - Mixed ICU

104 (21)

APACHE III score, median (IQR)

44 (32-59)

SOFA score, median (IQR)

4 (2-7)

ICU length of stay, hour, median (IQR)

28 (20-55)

90-day mortality, n (%)

79 (16)

  1. *Chronic kidney disease was defined by K/DOQI CKD stage III or worse (estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 according to MDRD formula).
  2. Abbreviation: APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, BMI body mass index.