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. 2011 Jun 6;15(3):R135. doi: 10.1186/cc10253

Table 3.

Discriminative power of mean arterial pressure to predict acute kidney insufficiency at H72

AUC for MAP averaged over H6 to H24 Best MAP threshold
(mmHg)
Sensitivity Specificity AUC for MAP averaged over H12 to H24 Best MAP threshold
(mmHg)
Sensitivity Specificity
Patients with no AKI at H6 (n = 116) 0.53
(0.43 to 0.62)
- - - 0.50
(0.41 to 0.60)
- - -
Patients with AKI at H6
(n = 101)
0.74*
(0.66 to 0.83)
69 0.53
(0.38 to 0.69)
0.91
(0.81 to 0.97)
0.75**
(0.66 to 0.84)
70 0.59
(0.42 to 0.74)
0.86
(0.75 to 0.94)
Patients with non septic shock (n = 90) 0.60
(0.49 to 0.11)
- - - 0.59
(0.48 to 0.59)
- - -
Septic shock patients
(n = 127)
0.72
(0.63 to 0.79)
72 0.56
(0.38 to 0.72)
0.84
(0.74 to 0.91)
0.72
(0.63 to 0.80)
72 0.61
(0.42 to 0.77)
0.84
(0.74 to 0.91)
Non septic shock patients only:
Patients with no AKI at H6 (n = 52) 0.57
(0.42 to 0.71)
- - - 0.47
(0.33 to 0.61)
- - -
Patients with AKI at H6
(n = 38)
0.59
(0.42 to 0.74)
- - - 0.61
(0.44 to 0.77)
- - -
Septic shock patients only:
Patients with no AKI at H6 (n = 63) 0.52
(0.39 to 0.64)
- - - 0.53
(0.40 to 0.66)
- - -
Patients with AKI at H6
(n = 64)
0.83†,††
(0.72 to 0.92)
72 0.72
(0.51 to 0.88)
0.87
(0.72 to 0.96)
0.84‡,‡‡
(0.72 to 0.92)
72 0.78
(0.56 to 0.93)
0.89
(0.72-0.96)

*: P = 0.011 versus patients with no AKI at H6; **: P = 0.003 versus patients with no AKI at H6; : P = 0.0037 versus septic shock patients with no AKI at H6;

††: P = 0.02 versus non septic shock patients with AKI at H6; : P = 0.0065 versus septic shock patients with no AKI at H6; ‡‡: P = 0.036 versus non septic shock patients with AKI at H6

AKI: Acute kidney insufficiency; AUC: Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve; MAP: Mean arterial pressure.