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Table 2 Comparison between patients with and without acute kidney injury

From: Acute kidney injury in an intensive care unit of a general hospital with emergency room specializing in trauma: an observational prospective study

Variable

Without acute kidney injury

With acute kidney injury

P

N = 187

N = 92

 

Gender

   

Male

122 (65.3)

63 (68.5)

0.894

Female

65 (34.7)

29 (31.5)

 

Age (years)

39.9 ± 16.6

47.6 ± 22.0

0.003

Category of admission diagnosis

   

Trauma

94 (50.2)

41 (44.5)

0.376

Non-trauma

93 (49.8)

51 (55.5)

 

Diabetes

17 (9.0)

19 (20.6)

0.025

Length of stay (days)

7.4 ± 5.5

9.5 ± 9.2

0.021

APACHE II

7 (0–21)

10 (0–28)

<0.001

Diuretic use

70 (37.4)

31 (33.6)

0.596

Mechanical ventilation

112 (59.9)

69 (75.0)

0.016

Vasoactive therapy

36 (19.2)

37 (40.2)

<0.001

Renal replacement therapy

0

20 (21.7)

<0.001

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.7 ± 0.1

2.6 ± 2.0

<0.001

Diuresis (mL)

3,657 ± 1,331

2,004 ± 1,711

<0.001

Death

   

Yes

27 (14.4)

66 (71.7)

<0.001

  1. Data are means ± SD and percentages in parentheses, except for APACHE II: data are median and minimum and maximum values in parentheses.