Table 2. Baseline characteristics.
Characteristics | No Early AKI (N = 847) | Early AKI(N = 54) | p-value |
Age, in years [median (IQR)] | 39 (26–52) | 42 (26–57) | 0.4 |
Age >55 (%) | 20 | 33 | 0.04 |
Male gender (%) | 72 | 83 | 0.08 |
Injury Severity Score [mean (SD)] | 23 (13) | 26 (14) | 0.5 |
Time from injury to emergency room arrival [mean (SD)] (in minutes) | 78 (15) | 79 (17) | 0.4 |
Baseline creatinine [median (IQR)] (in mg/dL)* | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 1.4 (1.0–1.6) | <0.0001 |
Glasgow coma score [median (IQR)] | 15 (3–15) | 14 (3–15) | 0.3 |
Mean blood pressure [mean (SD)] (in mm Hg) | 124 (35) | 115 (38) | 0.4 |
Diabetes mellitus (%) | 5.2% | 7.4% | 0.5 |
Hypertension (%) | 6.0 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
Maximum head AIS (%) | 0.2 | ||
1–2 | 12 | 0 | |
3 | 41 | 28 | |
4 | 31 | 39 | |
5 | 16 | 33 | |
Maximum Chest AIS (%) | 0.05 | ||
1–2 | 11 | 13 | |
3 | 36 | 29 | |
4 | 40 | 31 | |
5 | 13 | 27 | |
Maximum ABD AIS (%) | 0.002 | ||
1–2 | 50 | 39 | |
3 | 28 | 30 | |
4 | 17 | 8 | |
5 | 5 | 19 |
AKI: Acute kidney injury; IQR: Inter-quartile range; SD: Standard deviation; ED: Emergency department;
AIS: Abbreviated injury score.
Lowest creatinine within 24 hours.