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Table 3 Comparison of AKI in patients with HIV to patients without HIV or in whom HIV status was unknown

From: Incidence, aetiology and outcome of community-acquired acute kidney injury in medical admissions in Malawi

 

No HIV or HIV unknown (n = 63)

HIV (n = 90)

P value

Demographics

 Age (median; IQR)

53 (35–71)

38 (32–46)

0 · 0004

Male sex

35 (55 · 6%)

57 (63 · 3%)

0 · 334

Primary cause of AKI

 Sepsis and hypoperfusion

51 (80 · 1%)

82 (91 · 1%)

0 · 058a

 Toxin

1 (1 · 6%)

4 (4 · 4%)

 Obstruction

6 (9 · 5%)

1 (1 · 1%)

 Parenchymal Kidney disease

2 (3 · 2%)

2 (2 · 2%)

 Unclear

3 (4 · 8%)

1 (1 · 1%)

AKI Severity

 AKI Stage 3

39 (61 · 9%)

54 (60 · 0%)

0 · 81

Outcomes

 In-hospital mortality

22 (37 · 9%)

42 (48 · 4%)

0 · 20

 Length of stay in days (median; IQR)

7 · 5 (4–13)

7 · 5 (5–11)

0 · 74

 Renal recovery (any)

27 (49 · 1%)

41 (49 · 4%)

0 · 97

 Persistent kidney injury at dischargeb

19 (70 · 4%)

24 (58 · 4%)

0 · 32

  1. AKI acute kidney injury, HIV human immunodeficiency virus
  2. aChi2 test assessing the association of the aetiological category of AKI between groups
  3. bexpressed as a proportion of those with any renal recovery