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Table 3 Demographic characteristics for propensity-matched patients

From: Effect of low-dose atrial natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a retrospective, single-center study with propensity-score matching

Characteristic

Control group

Treatment group

SMD

Number of patients

314

314

 

Age (years)

68 (14)

68 (14)

0.006

Male sex

33 (47)

33 (47)

< 0.001

Height (cm)

163 (9)

163 (9)

0.012

Body weight (kg)

59 (14)

60 (14)

0.048

ICU admission route

 OR (elective)

118 (37.6)

109 (34.7)

0.06

 OR (emergency)

40 (12.7)

46 (14.6)

0.056

 Emergency department

70 (22.3)

64 (20.4)

0.047

 Ward

77 (24.5)

84 (26.8)

0.051

 Other hospital

9 (2.9)

11 (3.5)

0.036

Comorbidity

 Hematologic disease

19 (6.1)

16 (5.1)

0.042

 Metastatic cancer

9 (2.9)

10 (3.2)

0.019

 Immunosuppression

36 (11.5)

31 (9.9)

0.052

 Liver failure

12 (3.8)

12 (3.8)

< 0.001

Primary damaged organ

 Cardiovascular

129 (41.1)

125 (39.8)

0.026

 Respiratory

57 (18.2)

53 (16.9)

0.034

 Digestive

46 (14.6)

51 (16.2)

0.044

 Neurologic

57 (18.2)

60 (19.1)

0.025

 Other

25 (8.0)

25 (8.0)

< 0.001

Infection at ICU admission

53 (16.9)

50 (15.9)

0.026

NPPV

35 (11.1)

37 (11.8)

0.020

MV duration (h) (n = 165)

73.9 (15.0)

53.0 (9.5)

0.069

APACHE II score

19 (7)

19 (7)

0.006

Serum creatinine (μmol/L)

 Baseline

92 (74.3)

91 (46.9)

0.012

 ICU admission

150 (172.4)

137 (99.9)

0.092

 AKI diagnosis

149 (158.2)

148 (99.9)

0.007

AKI stage at diagnosis

 Stage 1

258 (82.2)

250 (79.6)

0.064

 Stage 2

29 (9.2)

37 (11.8)

0.083

 Stage 3

27 (8.6)

27 (8.6)

< 0.001

ICU-AKI (h)

14.9 (0.7)

13.9 (0.7)

0.063

  1. Data are presented as no. (%) or as mean (standard deviation)
  2. AKI acute kidney injury, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ICU intensive care unit, ICU-AKI h duration between ICU admission and AKI diagnosis, OR operating room, SD standard deviation, SMD standard mean difference