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. 2013 Apr 18;4(3):191–197. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2012-100291

Table 2 .

Comparisons between cirrhotic groups: cirrhotics with acute kidney injury (AKI) and cirrhotic controls without AKI

Factor Cirrhotics with AKI Cirrhotic controls without AKI Significance
AKI stage 0
AKI stage 1
AKI stage 2
AKI stage 3

44 (40%)
32 (29.1%)
34 (30.9%)
52 (100%)


Severity of liver disease
 Mean CPS 8.87 8.29 p=0.364
 CP A 17 (15.5%) 15 (28.8%) p=0.135
 CP B 52 (47.2%) 21 (40.4%)
 CP C 41 (37.1%) 16 (30.8%)
Comorbidities
 Diabetes 32 (29.1%) 6 (11.5%) p=0.014
 Lung disease 9 (8.2%) 7 (13.5%) p=0.293
 IHD 5 (4.5%) 0 (0%) p=0.118
 Acute MI 5 (4.5%) 0 (0%) p=0.118
 CCF 5 (4.5%) 1 (1.9%) p=0.409
 CKD 8 (7.3%) 2 (3.8%) p=0.398
Stroke 4 (3.6%) 0 (0%) p=0.164
 Connective tissue disease 2 (1.8%) 0 (0%) p=0.328
 Dementia 0 (0%) 1 (1.9%) p=0.145
 Peptic ulcer disease 3 (2.7%) 1 (1.9%) p=0.758
 Peripheral vascular disease 3 (2.7%) 1 (1.9%) p=0.758
 Cancer 3 (2.7%) 0 (0%) p=0.229
 Diabetic complications 0 (0%) 1 (1.9%) p=0.145

AKI, acute kidney injury; CPS, Child-Pugh score; CP A, Child-Pugh A, B and C etc; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; MI, myocardial infarction; CCF, congested cardiac failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease.