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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population overall and according to the presence or absence of AKI

From: Early serum creatinine accurately predicts acute kidney injury post cardiac surgery

 

Total

No AKI

AKI

p-value

N = 196

N = 156

N = 40

Age, median (IQR)

70.8 (63.0, 81.2)

69.7 (61.2, 80.5)

75.2 (66.9, 82.2)

0.035

Male

144

111 (71.2%)

33 (82.5%)

0.15

Operation type

   

0.59

 CABG Only

72

59 (37.8%)

13 (32.5%)

 

 Valve Only

61

48 (30.8%)

13 (32.5%)

 

 CABG & Valve

56

42 (26.9%)

14 (35.0%)

 

 Other

7

7 (4.5%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Diabetes mellitus

37

25 (16.0%)

12 (30.0%)

0.044

Ischaemic heart disease

92

70 (44.9%)

22 (55.0%)

0.25

Hypertension

133

100 (64.1%)

33 (82.5%)

0.026

COAD

10

7 (70%)

3 (30%)

0.440

ACEI/ARB use

116

88 (56.4%)

28 (70.0%)

0.12

Pre Op Creatinine (umol/L), median (IQR)

82.0 (71.0,96.0)

80.0 (69.5, 93.0)

90.0 (77.5, 119.5)

0.003

Pre Op eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2), median (IQR)

80.1 (64.3, 88.9)

82.0 (66.5, 89.6)

69.4 (49.2, 81.5)

0.002

Pre Op proteinuria

35

23 (14.7%)

12 (30%)

0.025

Pre Op CKD stagea

   

0.013

 Stage 1

41 (21%)

37 (23%)

4 (10%)

 

 Stage 2

117 (60%)

96 (62%)

21 (53%)

 

 Stage 3a

23 (12%)

15 (10%)

8 (20%)

 

 Stage 3b

13 (7%)

7 (4%)

6 (15%)

 

 Stage 4

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

1 (3%)

 

Cardiopulmonary bypass time (mins), median (IQR)

96.1 (77.1, 129.9)

96.7 (77.1, 129.9)

90.7 (76.6, 131.5)

0.94

Cross clamp time (mins), median (IQR)

77 (60–109)

79.3 (61,107)

75.63 (60,113)

0.94

Inotrope use

112

83 (53.2%)

29 (72.5%)

0.028

Total length of stay (days), median (IQR)

10.0 (8.0,13.0)

9.0 (8.0, 12.0)

11.5 (9.0, 16.5)

0.002

ICU length of stay (days), median (IQR)

1.0 (1.0,2.0)

1.0 (1.0, 2.0)

2.0 (2.0, 3.5)

<0.001

  1. No subject had stage 5 CKD
  2. AKI Acute kidney injury, IQR interquartile range, CABG coronary artery bypass surgery, DM diabetes mellitus, IHD ischaemic heart disease, COAD chronic obstructive airways disease, ACE angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blockade, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ICU intensive care unit
  3. aCKD Stage defined using eGFR only