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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 Mar 20;38(9):3099–3108. doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-05930-0

Table 3:

Clinical data and outcomes by Day 1 serum renin+prorenin concentration above or below the optimal threshold to predict severe persistent acute kidney injury.

Variable Day 1
Renin+Prorenin
<6769 pg/ml
Day 1
Renin+Prorenin
>6769 pg/ml
p-value
N (% cohort) 178 (76) 55 (24) --
Sex, n (% male) 88 (49) 21 (38) 0.14
Age, years 5.5 (1.8,9.6) 2.7 (0.8,9.0) 0.09
PRISM III 11 (8,15) 13 (8,18) 0.08
D1 Vasoactives, n (%) 161 (90) 52 (95) 0.34
D1 VIS 12.5 (5,28.8) 21 (10,42) 0.005
D1-7 Severe Persistent AKI, n (%) 17 (10) 25 (45) RR 4.8 (2.8-8.1, p<0.001)
D1-7 KRT, n (%) 11 (6.2) 16 (29) RR 4.7 (2.4-9.5, p<0.001)
7-Day Vasoactive-Free Days 5 (2.8,6) 3 (0,4) <0.001
28-day PICU-Free Days 19 (10.8,23) 6 (0,20) <0.001
28-Day Mortality, n (%) 12 (6.7) 20 (36) RR 5.4 (2.8-10.3, p<0.001)

Continuous variables reported as median (IQR); RR- relative risk (95% confidence interval, p-value)

VIS-vasoactive-inotropic score; KRT- kidney replacement therapy; Severe Persistent AKI: ≥KDIGO stage 2 AKI present for >48h consecutively