Table 1 Demographics and outcomes of adult trauma patients admitted to the hospital by development of AKI in Malawi

Age, years (median, IQR)^a

32 (25, 42)

34 (27.5, 46)

32 (25, 42)

0.3

Gender (female)

30 (13.5)

4 (12.5)

26 (13.6)

1.0

Tribe^a

0.2

 Chewa

138 (61.9)

20 (62.5)

118 (61.8)

 Lomwe

17 (7.6)

1 (3.1)

16 (8.4)

 Ngoni

35 (15.7)

3 (9.4)

32 (16.8)

 Other

31 (13.9)

8 (25.0)

23 (12.0)

District of injury location^a

0.6

 Lilongwe District

155 (69.5)

21 (65.6)

134 (70.2)

 Other District

67 (30.0)

11 (34.4)

56 (29.3)

  Seizures

10 (4.5)

4 (12.5)

6 (3.1)

0.04

  Hypertension

6 (2.7)

1 (3.1)

5 (2.6)

1.0

  Other

6 (2.7)

2 (6.3)

4 (2.1)

0.2

  HIV^a

13 (5.8)

0 (0)

13 (6.8)

0.2

 Anemia (females< 12 g/dL, males< 13 g/dL)

151 (67.7)

30 (93.8)

121 (63.4)

0.0004

  Severe Anemia (Hg < 10 g/dL)

60 (26.9)

17 (53.1)

43 (22.5)

0.0003

 Malaria^a

10 (4.5)

0 (0)

10 (5.2)

0.4

 Sickle Cell Disease^a

0.2

  Sickle Cell Trait

20 (9.0)

5 (15.6)

15 (7.9)

  Normal

193 (86.5)

25 (78.1)

168 (88.0)

Mortality^a

17 (7.6)

6 (18.8)

11 (5.6)

0.02

Length of hospitalization, days, median (IQR)^b

10 (5, 29)

14 (7.5, 47.5)

9 (5, 28)

0.1