Urinary [TIMP-2] × [IGFBP-7] for predicting acute kidney injury in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation

Table 2 Perioperative characteristics of patients undergoing OLT

	All patients	No AKI	AKI	P value
Patients (n)	40	12	28
Age (years)	56 ± 8	58 ± 8	56 ± 10	0.53
MELD	17 ± 6	17 ± 8	17 ± 9	0.98
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)	86 ± 31	85 ± 34	89 ± 29	0.37
Preoperative sCr (mg/dl)	0.9 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.5	0.9 ± 0.3	0.09
Body-mass index	27 ± 5	27 ± 4	27 ± 5	0.84
Cold ischemia time (min)	340 ± 145	351 ± 182	332 ± 60	0.67
Caval clamping time (min)	82 ± 16	83 ± 26	84 ± 16	0.97
PRBC units transfused, n	4 ± 3	4 ± 3	4 ± 4	0.83
FFP units transfused, n	6 ± 6	7 ± 7	6 ± 6	0.48
Thrombocyte units transfused, n	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 0	0.80

Data are depicted as mean ± standard deviation. P values indicate differences among the no AKI and AKI group
Abbreviations: AKI acute kidney injury, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, FFP fresh frozen plasma, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, PRBC packed red blood cell, sCr serum creatinine
Results Section: Preoperative patients’ characteristics and incidence of AKI (p.8)

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