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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Body weight definitions for evaluating a urinary diagnosis of acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis

Characteristics

Total

AKI [ABW]

AKI [IBW]

P-value

 

n = 569

n = 153

n = 140

 

Age, years

69 (59–78)

69 (59–78)

69 (59–78)

0.998

Male sex, No.

305 (53.6%)

89 (58.2%)

89 (63.6%)

0.344

Body weight, kg

57 (48–66)

59 (52–70)

58 (50–68)

0.293

Height, cm

158 (150–166)

160 (152–167)

160 (154–167)

0.452

BMI, kg/m2

22.5 (19.7–25.3)

23.6 (21.1–26.6)

23.0 (20.1–25.5)

0.082

Infection site, No.

   

0.999

CNS

6 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Thorax

128 (22.5%)

37 (24.2%)

33 (23.6%)

 

Abdomen

301 (52.9%)

72 (47.1%)

64 (45.7%)

 

Head and neck

25 (4.4%)

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.7%)

 

Soft tissue

32 (5.6%)

14 (9.2%)

13 (9.3%)

 

UTI

25 (4.4%)

2 (1.3%)

2 (1.4%)

 

CR-BSI

5 (0.9%)

4 (2.6%)

3 (2.1%)

 

Other

49 (8.6%)

23 (15.0%)

24 (17.1%)

 

Unknown premorbid creatinine, No.

254 (44.6%)

58 (37.9%)

54 (38.6%)

 

Premorbid creatinine, mg/dL

0.75 (0.60–0.96)

0.82 (0.63–1.09)

0.83 (0.69–1.18)

0.756

Comorbidities, No.

    

CKD

158 (27.8%)

58 (61.1%)

54 (61.4%)

0.810

IHD

53 (9.3%)

18 (11.8%)

14 (10.0%)

0.629

CHF

50 (8.8%)

21 (13.7%)

16 (11.4%)

0.554

Hypertension

273 (48.0%)

84 (54.9%)

74 (52.9%)

0.726

Arrhythmia

57 (10.0%)

23 (15.0%)

20 (14.3%)

0.857

COPD

32 (5.6%)

6 (3.9%)

7 (5.0%)

0.654

CVA

62 (10.9%)

21 (13.7%)

16 (11.4%)

0.554

DM

145 (25.5%)

47 (30.7%)

43 (30.7%)

0.999

Immune dysfunction

171 (30.0%)

54 (35.3%)

51 (36.4%)

0.840

Hepatic disease

53 (9.3%)

18 (11.8%)

18 (12.9%)

0.776

Aminoglycoside use

8 (1.4%)

3 (2.0%)

3 (2.1%)

0.913

Vancomycin use

139 (24.4%)

55 (36.0%)

49 (35.0%)

0.866

Septic shock

247 (43.4%)

87 (56.9%)

81 (57.9%)

0.864

ISTH DIC

125 (22.5%)

55 (36.7%)

54 (39.4%)

0.632

SOFA score

7 (4–9)

9 (7–11)

10 (7–12)

0.617

SAPS II

50 (39–62)

63 (52–77)

64 (51–77)

0.760

Urinary diagnosis of AKI, No.

   

0.852

Stage 1

 

51 (9.0%)

45 (7.9%)

 

Stage 2

 

38 (6.7%)

32 (5.6%)

 

Stage 3

 

64 (11.2%)

63 (11.1%)

 

Mechanical ventilation, No.

462 (81.2%)

139 (90.9%)

124 (88.6%)

0.521

Days of mechanical ventilation

7 (5–12)

8 (6–15)

9 (6–16)

0.957

Days of ICU stay

8 (5–12)

10 (7–16)

10 (6–16)

0.862

90-day mortality

19.0%

38.4%

42.3%

0.624

  1. ABW actual body weight, AKI acute kidney injury, BMI body mass index, BW body weight, CHD chronic heart disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, CNS central nervous system, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CR-BSI catheter-related blood stream infection, CVA cerebrovascular accident, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, DM diabetes mellitus, IBW ideal body weight, ICU intensive-care unit, ISTH International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, SAPS II sequence assessment of physiological score II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, UTI urinary tract infection