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Table 3 Characteristics of body mass index subgroups in the acute kidney injury [actual body weight] and [ideal body weight] groups

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

Group

AKI [ABW]

AKI [IBW]

Subgroup

Under weight

Normal

Over weight

Obese

P-value

Under weight

Normal

Over weight

Obese

P-value

Patients (n)

12

83

40

18

 

19

80

28

13

 

Age, years

60 (53–69)

69 (62–78)

73 (64–79)

60 (44–72)

0.006

66 (53–77)

69 (61–78)

75 (66–80)

59 (46–70)

0.015

Male sex, No.

7 (58.4%)

51 (61.5%)

20 (50.0%)

11 (61.1%)

0.676

12 (63.1%)

52 (65.0%)

16 (57.1%)

9 (69.2%)

0.861

Body weight, kg

42 (40–48)

55 (50–60)

67 (58–73)

90 (76–95)

< 0.0001

43 (40–49)

58 (51–61)

67 (58–73)

92 (80–97)

< 0.0001

Height, cm

159 (151–175)

160 (153–166)

156 (147–166)

164 (154–170)

0.283

160 (150–174)

160 (155–167)

156 (147–166)

165 (160–171)

0.103

BMI, kg/m2

16.9 (16.0–17.8)

22.1 (20.3–23.6)

26.6 (25.8–27.9)

32.4 (31.3–38.2)

< 0.0001

17.1 (16.0–17.8)

22.1 (20.8–23.6)

26.5 (25.5–27.8)

32.1 (30.8–34.2)

< 0.0001

Premorbid creatinine, mg/dL

0.74 (0.56–0.86)

0.84 (0.70–1.25)

0.77 (0.61–1.06)

0.89 (0.63–1.23)

0.332

0.75 (0.56–0.91)

0.85 (0.70–1.29)

0.78 (0.67–1.06)

0.96 (0.60–1.31)

0.433

Highest creatinine level within 48 h, mg/dL

1.83 (1.08–2.61)

2.27 (1.16–4.18)

2.13 (1.11–3.07)

2.53 (1.22–4.09)

0.366

1.51 (0.84–2.59)

2.31 (1.36–4.20)

2.56 (1.53–3.60)

2.92 (2.10–5.50)

0.018

Highest cystatin C level within 48 h, ng/dL

2.78 (2.32–3.64)

2.31 (1.49–3.36)

1.74 (1.01–2.58)

1.97 (1.29–4.78)

0.036

2.46 (1.00–3.08)

2.27 (1.46–3.36)

1.92 (1.58–3.05)

2.85 (1.97–4.40)

0.596

SAPS II

65 (46–83)

63 (52–75)

64 (55–76)

58 (45–78)

0.886

55 (44–77)

64 (51–75)

67 (60–81)

62 (49–81)

0.105

SOFA score

10 (7–14)

9 (6–11)

8 (6–11)

11 (8–13)

0.406

7 (4–12)

9 (7–11)

11 (7–13)

12 (9–13)

0.082

ISTH DIC, No.

45.5%

41.5%

28.2%

27.8%

0.393

33.3%

45.6%

29.6%

30.8%

0.388

Septic shock, No.

66.7%

56.6%

50.0%

66.7%

0.584

42.1%

58.8%

60.7%

69.2%

0.433

Urinary diagnosis of AKI, No.

    

0.446

    

0.439

Stage 1

3 (25.0%)

26 (31.3%)

17 (42.5%)

5 (27.8%)

 

8 (42.1%)

24 (30.0%)

9 (32.1%)

4 (30.8%)

 

Stage 2

4 (33.3%)

17 (20.5%)

12 (30.0%)

5 (27.8%)

 

6 (31.6%)

17 (21.3%)

8 (28.6%)

1 (7.7%)

 

Stage 3

5 (41.7%)

40 (48.2%)

11 (27.5%)

8 (44.4%)

 

5 (26.3%)

39 (48.8%)

11 (39.3%)

8 (61.5%)

 

MV, No.

83.3%

86.8%

100.0%

94.4%

0.078

79.0%

86.3%

100.0%

92.3%

0.114

Duration of MV, day

8 (6–13)

8 (6–16)

11 (6–14)

8 (5–16)

0.803

10 (7–12)

9 (6–16)

11 (6–20)

7 (4–15)

0.535

Days of ICU stay

11 (6–12)

9 (7–16)

13 (8–17)

10 (5–18)

0.429

11 (5–13)

9 (6–16)

13 (7–22)

8 (4–16)

0.272

90-day mortality

76.7%

39.5%

26.0%

35.7%

0.033

49.2%

40.8%

37.8%

48.7%

0.736

  1. ABW actual body weight, AKI acute kidney injury, BMI body mass index, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, IBW ideal body weight, ICU intensive care unit, ISTH International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, MV mechanical ventilation, SAPS II sequence assessment of physiological score II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, UTI urinary tract infection