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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2016 Dec;264(6):987–996. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001582

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics for all patients stratified by kidney disease.

Variables No known kidney disease (n=28644, 56%) Acute kidney injury without chronic kidney disease (n=16854, 33%) Acute kidney injury with chronic kidney disease (n=3171, 6%) Chronic kidney disease without acute kidney injury (n=853, 2%) End stage renal disease (n=1935, 4%)
Age (years), Mean (SD) 53 (17) 57 (17)a 62 (15)a 65 (16)a 53 (15)
Age >=65 years, n (%) 7864 (27) 6326 (38)a 1491 (47)a 493 (58)a 481 (25)
Female sex, n (%) 15012 (52) 7658 (45)a 11224 (39)a 415 (49) 811 (42)a
African-American ethnicity, n (%) 3345 (12) 1859 (11) 591 (19)a 118 (14) 671 (35)a
Rural area residency, n (%) 9277 (32) 5311 (32) 1008 (32) 274 (32) 534 (28)a
Distance from residing neighborhood to hospital (km), Median (25th,75th) 52 (23, 117) 56 (27, 120)a 57 (27, 120) 49 (23, 118) 76 (28, 171)
Population living in poverty in residing neighborhood, % (SD) 14.9 (8.4) 14.6 (8.1)a 15.0 (8.4) 14.7 (8.1) 15.4 (8.6)a
Primary Insurance, n (%)
    Medicare 9310 (33) 7173 (43)a 1897 (60)a 560 (66)a 1280 (66)a
    Medicaid 3835 (13) 2233 (13) 307 (10)a 74 (9)a 133 (7)a
    Private 12972 (45) 6343 (38)a 879 (28)a 204 (24) a 510 (26)a
    Uninsured 2527 (9) 1105 (7)a 88 (3)a 15 (2)a 12 (1)a
Emergent surgery, n (%) 10543 (37) 9545 (57)a 1909 (60)a 318 (37) 1276 (66)a
Weekend admission, n (%) 3175 (11) 2940 (17)a 533 (17)a 89 (10) 378 (20)a
Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Score, n (%)
    0 13297 (46) 4782 (28)a 267 (8)a 141 (17)a 5 (0.3)a
    1 5420 (19) 3932 (23)a 386 (12)a 107 (13)a 8 (0.4)a
    2 4898 (17) 3534 (21)a 688 (22)a 185 (22)a 643 (33)a
    >=3 5029 (18) 4606 (27)a 1830 (58)a 420 (49)a 1279 (66)a
Comorbidities, n (%)
    Hypertension 10953 (38) 7386 (44)a 1781 (56)a 550 (64)a 1184 (61)a
    Cancer 5901 (21) 3553 (21) 455 (14)a 171 (20) 72 (4)a
    Diabetes 3956 (14) 2863 (17)a 968 (31)a 268 (31)a 728 (38)a
    Chronic Pulmonary Disease 3962 (14) 3247 (19)a 694 (22)a 165 (19)a 235 (12)
    Peripheral Vascular Disease 2427 (8) 2558 (15)a 696 (22)a 168 (20)a 218 (11)a
    Cerebrovascular Disease 1786 (6) 1945 (12)a 315 (10)a 76 (9)a 119 (6)
    Congestive Heart Failure 984 (3) 1931 (11)a 787 (25)a 128 (15)a 274 (14)a
    Myocardial Infarction 1276 (4) 1451 (9)a 380 (12)a 99 (12)a 170 (9)a
    Liver Disease 871 (3) 1209 (7)a 312 (10)a 29 (3) 104 (5)a
Surgery Type, n (%)
    Cardiothoracic Surgery 2354 (8) 3329 (20)a 842 (27)a 114 (13)a 251 (13)a
    Neurologic Surgery 5667 (20) 2340 (14)a 240 (8)a 112 (13)a 63 (3)a
    Non-Cardiac General Surgery 5901 (22) 3799 (23)a 646 (20) 196 (23) 439 (23)
    Specialty Surgeriesb 10733 (37) 3469 (21)a 613 (19)a 350 (41) 120 (6)a
    Other Surgeriesc 3989 (14) 3917 (23)a 830 (26)a 81 (10)a 1062 (55)a
Admission Hemoglobin, g/dL, n (%)
    Missing 10371 (36) 3268 (19)a 564 (18)a 291 (34) 374 (19)a
    <10 3201 (11) 3320 (20)a 813 (26)a 146 (17)a 355 (18)a
    [10,12) 5912 (21) 4438 (26)a 962 (30)a 238 (28)a 589 (30)a
    >=12 9160 (32) 5828 (35) 832 (26)a 178 (21)a 617 (32)
Chronic Kidney Disease, n (%)
    Mild to moderate (eGFR≥30 ml/min per 1.73m2) NA NA 2022 (64) 787 (92) NA
    Severe (eGFR<30 ml/min per 1.73m2) NA NA 1149 (36)d 66 (8) NA

Abbreviations. SD, standard deviation; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.

a

p-value <0.05 for comparison with respect to no known kidney disease group using Bonferroni adjustment.

b

Specialty surgeries include orthopedic, gynecological, ear-nose-throat, urology and plastic surgeries.

c

Other surgeries include trauma, burn and transplant surgeries.

d

p-value <0.05 for comparison with respect to mild to moderate chronic kidney disease group.