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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2016 Mar 24;31(8):1363–1368. doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3370-0

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of patients admitted for ACS

AKI (n=12) No AKI (n=137) p-value
Continuous variables Mean (SD)
Age (yrs) 8.7 (5.3) 9.8 (4.8) 0.5
Baseline Hb (g/dL) 8.8 (0.9) 8.9 (1.6) 0.96
Admission Hb (g/dL) 6.4 (2.0) 7.5 (1.7) 0.03
Drop in Hb (g/dL) 2.7(1.9) 1.4 (1.4) 0.003
Admission WBC ×109/L 33.1 (16.2) 19.8 (9.7) <0.0001
Admission Platelet count ×109/L 297 (145) 332(184) 0.5
Nominal Variables
Phenotype AKI pts No AKI pts
Severe SCD (SS, SB0 thalassemia, SD) (n=127) 10 (8%) 117 (92%) 0.8
Mild SCD (n=22) 2 (9%) 20 (91%)
Disease Modifying Therapy
No therapy (n=95) 10 (11%) 85 (89%) 0.3
Hydroxyurea (n=50) 2 (4%) 48 (96%)
Transfusions (n=4) 0 (0%) 4 (100%)

ACS=acute chest syndrome, AKI=acute kidney injury, SCD=sickle cell disease