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. 2024 Mar 8;8:e45202. doi: 10.2196/45202

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of all enrolled patients.


Internal data set External data set External data set
Variable Test (n=98) Train or validation (n=879) From KNUHa (n=1429) P valueb From MIMIC-IVc (n=2395) P valued
Female, n (%) 31 (31.6) 328 (37.3) 555 (38.8) .32 1021 (42.6) .002
Age (years), mean (SD) 67.65 (15.49) 68.38 (15.56) 70.48 (14.39) .002 65.38 (15.64) <.001
Height (cm), mean (SD) 163.56 (9.04) 162.42 (9.61) 161.36 (9.51) .006 168.87 (10.67) <.001
Body weight (kg), mean (SD) 58.54 (15.80) 57.02 (13.27) 58.36 (13.60) .06 83.01 (25.20) <.001
Race, n (%) >.99
<.001

Asian 98 (100) 979 (100) 1429 (100)
51 (2.1)

African-American 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
219 (9.1)

Hispanic 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
81 (3.4)

Non-Hispanic White 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
1591 (66.4)
Serum trough value (mg/L), mean (SD) 14.49 (10.33) 15.01 (10.29) 13.37 (9.49) <.001 17.58 (8.44) <.001
Serum creatinine (μmol/L), mean (SD) 1.10 (1.16) 1.11 (1.32) 1.06 (1.34) .66 1.55 (1.34) <.001
Dialysis, mean (SD) 3 (3.1) 41 (4.7) 55 (3.8) .55 144 (6.0) .099
The total dose of vancomycin before TDMe (mg), mean (SD) 3961.28 (2812.91) 4289.52 (3504.59) 4446.94 (4933.77) .45 3213.99 (2488.45) <.001
Number of vancomycin injections, n (%) 4.42 (2.72) 4.80 (4.03) 4.77 (5.17) .75 3.10 (2.25) <.001
The average dose of vancomycin before TDM (mg), mean (SD) 882.40 (207.66) 891.90 (186.89) 931.31 (184.90) <.001 1030.84 (171.60) <.001
Time between administration of vancomycin and the TDM (day), mean (SD) 3.81 (1.37) 4.01 (2.70) 2.86 (2.62) <.001 2.54 (2.07) <.001
Interval among each dose of vancomycin (hours), mean (SD) 21.43 (11.59) 21.12 (11.75) 16.90 (10.58) <.001 17.88 (12.06) <.001
Vancomycin loading, mean (SD) 8 (8.2) 54 (6.1) 0 (0.0) <.001 0 (0.0) <.001
Volume distribution (L), mean (SD) 40.98 (11.06) 39.92 (9.29) 40.86 (9.52) .06 58.11 (17.64) <.001
Adjusted volume distribution (L), mean (SD) 39.38 (3.81) 39.17 (3.34) 39.82 (3.25) <.001 44.38 (5.74) <.001
CrClf (minutes), mean (SD) 91.49 (73.26) 84.06 (58.85) 90.36 (82.44) .13 82.56 (64.02) <.001
CrCl (hours), mean (SD) 0.08 (0.06) 0.07 (0.05) 0.08 (0.07) .13 0.07 (0.05) <.001
The elimination rate constant at infusion time (Kt), mean (SD) 1.70 (1.26) 1.59 (1.21) 1.17 (1.07) <.001 1.07 (0.85) <.001
Trough levels of vancomycin (mcg/mL), mean (SD) 10.07 (9.15) 12.19 (14.62) 20.87 (20.79) <.001 18.84 (22.81) <.001
eGFRg MDRDh, mean (SD) 116.94 (100.14) 114.23 (90.33) 122.70 (123.49) .20 73.85 (67.13) <.001
eGFR CKD-EPIi, mean (SD) 82.33 (39.87) 82.00 (38.47) 84.35 (36.96) .33 62.94 (38.54) <.001
Vancomycin clearance, mean (SD) 4.00 (3.03) 3.69 (2.43) 3.96 (3.41) .13 N/A N/A

aKNUH: Kangwon National University Hospital.

bP value: comparison of the internal data set with the external data set from KNU hospital in Korea.

cMIMIC-IV: Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care–IV.

dP value: comparison of the internal data set with the external data set from MIMIC-IV.

eTDM: therapeutic drug monitoring.

fCrCl: creatinine clearance.

geGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.

hMDRD: Modification of Diet in Renal Disease.

iCKD-EPI: Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration.