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Table 5 Socioeconomic status factors amongst admitted pediatric trauma patients in Malawi by presence of AKI

From: Incidence and epidemiology of acute kidney injury in a pediatric Malawian trauma cohort: a prospective observational study

 

Total

AKI

No AKI

Missing

N = 114

11 (9.7)

103 (90.4)

Education level completed in years (median, IQR)

Patient

2 (0, 4)

1 (0, 5)

2 (0, 4)

10

Mother

6 (4, 10)

5 (2, 10)

6 (4, 10)

13

Father

8 (4, 10)

6.5 (0, 10)

8 (4, 10)

21

Crowding factora(median, IQR)

1.5 (1.2, 2.0)

1.5 (1.2, 2.0)

1.5 (1.2, 2.0)

2

Type of Roof

   

0

Thatch

45 (39.5)

5 (45.5)

40 (38.8)

 

Tin/Iron

69 (60.5)

6 (54.6)

63 (61.2)

 

Type of Floor

   

1

Dirt

60 (53.1)

6 (54.6)

54 (52.9)

 

Cement

53 (46.9)

5 (45.5)

48 (47.1)

 

Parent(s) deceasedb

Mother

4 (3.6)

0 (0)

4 (4.0)

 

Father

10 (9.1)

0 (0)

10 (10.1)

 

Both

4 (3.6)

0 (0)

4 (4.0)

 

Possessionsb

Refrigerator

13 (11.5)

2 (18.2)

11 (10.8)

1

Television

26 (23.2)

3 (27.3)

23 (22.8)

2

Cell Phone

88 (78.6)

8 (72.7)

80 (79.2)

2

Agricultural Land

58 (52.3)

5 (50.0)

53 (52.5)

3

Working vehicle

6 (5.4)

0 (0)

6 (6.0)

3

Cow(s)

5 (4.5)

0 (0)

5 (5.0)

2

Chicken(s)

46 (41.1)

2 (18.2)

44 (43.6)

2

Goat(s)

21 (18.8)

2 (18.2)

19 (18.8)

2

Bicycle

40 (36.0)

3 (27.3)

37 (37.0)

3

Ox Cart

4 (3.6)

0 (0)

4 (4.0)

2

  1. All expressed as N and column percent except where specified
  2. Categories are mutually exclusive except where specified
  3. KDIGO criteria used to define AKI and new Schwartz equation estimated baseline creatinine
  4. AKI Acute kidney injury, IQR interquartile range
  5. aCrowding factor is number of people living in a home divided by number of rooms in the home
  6. bCategories are not mutually exclusive