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Table 4 Characteristics of patients with and without infection

From: suPAR as a marker of infection in acute kidney injury – a prospective observational study

Parameter

No infection during 6-day study period n = 19

Infection during 6-day study period n = 36

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

61.5 (16.7)

60.0 (15.7)

0.75

Male sex, n (%)

12 (63.2)

22 (31.1)

0.88

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Caucasian

11 (57.9)

22 (61.1)

0.69

 Afro-Carribean

4 (21.1)

5 (13.9)

 

 Asian

1 (5.3)

5 (13.9)

 

 Other

3 (15.8)

4 (11.1)

 

BMI, mean (SD)

27.4 (5.5)

29.2 (8.9)

0.46

SOFA score on admission to ICU, median (IQR)

8 (7–10)

8 (7–9)

0.43

Diabetes Mellitus

4 (21.1)

14 (38.9)

0.23

Any CKD

7 (36.8)

12 (33.3)

0.99

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation