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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients according to BMI classification

From: The impact of disease severity on paradoxical association between body mass index and mortality in patients with acute kidney injury undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy

 

BMI classification

Total

p-value

Underweight

Normal

Overweight

Obesity

Number

99

403

220

422

1144

 

BMI (kg/m2)a

16.9 (15–17.8)

21.1 (20.1–22.2)

24.1 (13.5–24.5)

27.5 (25.9–29.2)

23.6 (20.9–26.3)

< 0.001

Age (yr)

62.3 ± 17.2

65.0 ± 13.6

63.9 ± 14.0

61.3 ± 14.5

63.2 ± 14.4

0.002

Sex (Female, %)

38 (38.4)

162 (40.2)

65 (29.5)

174 (41.3)

439 (38.4)

0.03

DM (n, %)

27 (27.6)

140 (34.7)

79 (35.9)

153 (36.3)

399 (34.9)

0.42

HTN (n, %)

40 (40.4)

217 (53.8)

110 (50.0)

233 (55.3)

600 (52.5)

0.05

MI (n, %)

10 (10.1)

47 (11.7)

17 (7.7)

37 (8.8)

111 (9.7)

0.37

CHF (n, %)

20 (20.2)

71 (17.6)

37 (16.8)

57 (13.5)

185 (16.2)

0.26

CVA (n, %)

7 (7.1)

50 (12.4)

25 (11.4)

35 (8.3)

117 (10.2)

0.08

PVD (n, %)

6 (6.1)

15 (3.7)

12 (5.5)

13 (3.1)

46 (4.0)

0.35

COPD (n, %)

11 (11.0)

33 (8.2)

13 (5.9)

23 (5.5)

80 (7.0)

0.15

Cancer (n, %)

 Solid tumor

18 (18.4)

96 (23.8)

51 (23.3)

93 (22.1)

258 (22.6)

 

 Metastasis

5 (5.1)

19 (4.7)

18 (8.2)

26 (6.2)

68 (6.0)

0.77

 Leukemia

3 (3.1)

19 (4.7)

13 (5.9)

16 (3.8)

51 (4.5)

 

 Lymphoma

12 (12.2)

37 (9.2)

21 (9.6)

38 (9.0)

108 (9.5)

 

CCI score

3.1 ± 2.4

3.2 ± 2.2

3.1 ± 2.2

3.2 ± 2.3

3.2 ± 2.2

0.94

Sepsis (n, %)

74 (74.7)

294 (73.0)

149 (67.7)

280 (66.5)

797 (69.7%)

0.13

Postop AKI (n, %)

3 (3.0)

13 (3.2)

9 (4.1)

26 (6.2)

51 (4.5)

0.18

Cause of CRRT

 Volume overload

8 (8.1)

62 (15.3)

26 (11.8)

64 (15.2)

160 (13.9)

 

 Metabolic acidosis

26 (26.3)

85 (21.1)

43 (19.5)

88 (20.8)

242 (21.2)

 

 Hyperkalemia

2 (2.0)

19 (4.7)

12 (5.4)

25 (5.9)

58 (5.1)

0.86

 Uremia

13 (13.1)

35 (8.7)

21 (9.5)

46 (10.9)

115 (10.1)

 

 Oliguria

35 (35.4)

112 (27.5)

54 (24.5)

93 (22.0)

294 (25.7)

 

 Others

15 (15.2)

90 (22.4)

64 (29.1)

106 (25.1)

275 (24.0)

 

CRRT dose (mL/kg)

46.2 ± 16.4

44.6 ± 19.4

41.3 ± 15.1

40.0 ± 15.0

43.4 ± 16.9

< 0.001

MAP (mmHg)

76.6 ± 17.5

77.4 ± 14.2

77.3 ± 14.3

77.7 ± 14.5

77.5 ± 14.6

0.92

Creatinine (mg/dL)

2.6 ± 1.5

2.5 ± 1.3

2.9 ± 1.9

2.9 ± 1.7

2.7 ± 1.6

0.001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

33.2 ± 18.0

33.1 ± 22.3

32.7 ± 24.4

29.0 ± 18.8

31.5 ± 21.4

0.03

Albumin (g/dL)

2.5 ± 0.5

2.6 ± 0.6

2.6 ± 0.6

2.6 ± 0.6

2.6 ± 0.6

0.47

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

111.9 ± 55.9

107.6 ± 48.5

98.1 ± 46.5

108.1 ± 68.9

106.2 ± 57.3

0.56

WBC (× 103/mm3)

15.3 ± 25.9

13.8 ± 11.7

14.7 ± 12.8

13.7 ± 9.9

14.1 ± 13.2

0.64

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

9.7 ± 2.4

9.7 ± 2.1

9.4 ± 2.4

9.6 ± 2.3

9.6 ± 2.3

0.56

CRP (mg/L)a

37.1 (10.6–213.8)

87.3 (17.7–171.7)

72.9 (18.6–255.7)

56.7 (14.2–151.8)

67.5 (15.4–164.1)

0.06

Vasopressor (n, %)

68 (68.9)

270 (67.0)

165 (75.3)

314 (74.4)

817 (71.4)

0.15

Ventilator (n, %)

80 (81.0)

345 (85.7)

184 (83.7)

352 (83.5)

961 (84.0)

0.74

SOFA

11.3 ± 3.4

11.8 ± 3.7

12.0 ± 3.5

12.5 ± 3.5

12.1 ± 3.6

0.005

APACHE II

26.4 ± 8.3

27.4 ± 8.0

27.5 ± 9.1

26.7 ± 8.4

27.1 ± 8.4

0.44

  1. Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, MI myocardiac infarction, CHF congestive heart failure, CVA cerebrovascular attack, PVD peripheral vascular disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, AKI acute kidney injury, BMI body mass index, MAP mean arterial pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, WBC white blood cell, SOFA sepsis-related organ failure assessment
  2. aData were expressed as a median and interquartile range and compared by Kruskal-Wallis test