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Table 2 Incidence of AKI, associated factors, measured outcomes and adjustments in the 8 included studies

From: Incidence and impact on outcomes of acute kidney injury after a stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Follow up

Factors associated with AKI

Crude Mortality in AKI

AKI an independent risk factor for mortality

Disability and AKI

LOS (days) and AKI

Cost and AKI

Covic et al., 2008 [19]

30 days

Age, renal function on admission, IHD, CHF, hemorrhagic stroke

43.1% vs 12.8% (P = 0.001)

No

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Khatri et al., 2014 [20]

Hospital discharge

Admission creatinine, NIHSS score

AIS: 33% vs 10% (P ≤ 0.001)

ICH: 40% vs 30% (P = 0.020)

For AIS only

OR 3.08 (95% CI 1.49–6.35, P = 0.002)

Adjusted for age, sex, race, comorbidities, smoking, CTA, creatinine, NIHSS score

Not reported

Unadjusted

AIS: 17.6 vs 8.4 days (P ≤ 0.001)

ICH: 13.0 vs 8.0 days (P ≤ 0.001)

Not reported

Lin et al., 2011 [21]

1 year

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Mohamed et al., 2015 [22]

Hospital discharge

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not significant after adjustment

OR 2.63, 95% CI 1.51–4.58

Adjusted for comorbidities, complications, NIHSS score

Not reported

Saeed et al., 2014 [23]

Hospital discharge

Not reported

8.4% vs 2.9% (P ≤ 0.001)

OR 2.2 (95% CI 2.0–2.2, P ≤ 0.001)

Adjusted for age, sex, race, comorbidities, GI bleeding, sepsis, nicotine dependence

OR for moderate/severe disability 1.3 (95% CI 1.3–1.4, P ≤ 0.001)

Adjusted as for mortality

Unadjusted 6 vs 4 days

(P < 0.0001)

Unadjusted

USD 38,613 vs 24,474 (P < 0.0001)

Saeed et al., 2015 [24]

Hospital discharge

Not performed

AKI: 28.7% vs 22.4% (P ≤ 0.001)

AKI-D vs AKI: 50.2% vs 28.4% (P ≤ 0.001)

OR 1.5 (95% CI 1.4–1.6, P ≤ 0.001)

Adjusted for age, sex, race, comorbidities, nicotine dependence, alcohol abuse, hospital bed size, hospital teaching status

OR for moderate/severe disability 1.2 (95% CI 1.1–1.3, P ≤ 0.001)

Adjusted as for mortality

Unadjusted 12 vs 7 days

(P < 0.0001)

Unadjusted

USD 104,142 vs 54,315

(P < 0.0001)

Tsagalis et al., 2008 [25]

10 years

NIHSS score, CHF, ICH, GFR

30-day mortality 21.8% vs 12.5% (P = 0.001)

10-year mortality 75.9% vs 57.7% (P = 0.001)

10-year HR 1.24 (95% CI 1.07–1.44, P ≤ 0.01),

Adjusted for sex, SBP, hematocrit, comorbidities, brain edema, antihypertensives, statin use

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Nadkarni et al., 2015 [26]

AKI-D only

Hospital discharge

Not performed

AIS: 31.8% vs 5.6% (P ≤ 0.01)

ICH: 40.4% vs 28.5% (P ≤ 0.01)

AIS: OR 1.30 (95% CI 1.02–1.48, P ≤ 0.001)

ICH: OR 1.95 (95% CI 1.61–2.36, P ≤ 0.01)

Adjusted for demographics, hospital characteristics, Charlson comorbidity index and other diagnoses

OR for adverse discharge category

AIS: 1.18, 95% CI 1.02–1.37, P ≤ 0.01

ICH: 1.74; 95% CI 1.34–2.24, P ≤ 0.01

Adjusted as for mortality

Unadjusted

AIS: 14.1 vs 3.6 days (P ≤ 0.01)

ICH: 23.5 vs 5.3 days (P ≤ 0.01)

Unadjusted

AIS: USD 32,596 vs 8039 (P ≤ 0.01)

ICH: USD 58,111 vs 11,255 (P ≤ 0.01)

  1. Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; AIS, acute ischemic stroke; AKI, acute kidney injury; AKI-D, acute kidney injury requring dialysis; CHD, coronary heart disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; CT, computerized tomography; CTA, computerized tomography angiography; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; GI, gastrointestinal; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; IHD, ischemic heart disease; LOS, length of stay; MI, myocardial infarction, mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; OR, Odds Ratio; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-Stage Renal Disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TIA, transient ischemic attack; USD, United States Dollars