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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018 Feb;2(2):112–120. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30181-5

Table 3.

Creatinine Elevation versus Renal Angina Fulfillment

Variable SCr>Base
N = 696 (43.8)
RA+
N = 286 (17.9)
P value

Male 386 (55.4) 144 (50.3) 0.14

Age in months 45.6 (11.4, 143.8) 49.9 (11.5,155.0) 0.43

Primary Diagnosis Group*
Shock 226 (32.5) 135 (47.2) <0.001
CV 46 (6.6) 20 (6.9) 0.82
Trauma 133 (19.1) 64 (22.4) 0.25
CNS 134 (19.3) 39 (13.6) 0.04

Severity of Illness Score
PRISM-3 5 (3,9) 7(2,14) 0.09
PIM-2 2.5 (1,5) 3 (1,6) 0.16
PELOD 11 (1,12) 11 (1,19) 0.13

History of Transplantation 81 (11.6) 57 (19.9) <0.001

Day 3 AKI Incidence
No AKI 404 (58.0) 121 (42.3) <0.001
Stage 1 109 (15.7) 44 (15.4) 0.91
Stage 2 61 (8.7) 41 (14.3) 0.009
Stage 3 122 (17.5) 80 (27.9) <0.001
All-stage AKI (AKIA) 292 (41.9) 165 (57.7) <0.001
Severe AKI (AKIS) 184 (26.4) 121 (42.3) <0.001
Relative Risk (AKIS)# 1.61 (1.33–1.93) <0.001

AKIS Prediction
 Sensitivity 80 (56–94) 67 (59–75)
 Specificity 70 (62–77) 87 (85–88)
 Positive Predictive Value 25 (20–32) 31(28–35)
 Negative Predictive Value 96 (92–99) 97 (96–97)
 Positive Likelihood Ratio 2.6 (1.9–3.6) 5.0 (4.2–5.9)
 AUC-ROC 0.86 (0.82–0.89) 0.83 (0.79–0.86)

RRT Use 41 (5.9) 36 (12.6) <0.001

MV Duration 1 (0,6) 3.5 (0,9) <0.001

ECMO 14 (2.0) 9 (3.8) 0.29

ICU LOS 5 (3,9) 5 (3,10) 0.96

Mortality 44 (6.3) 32 (11.2) 0.009

Categorical Variables expressed as n (% of cohort)

Continuous Variables expressed as medians with interquartile ranges

*

More than one diagnosis group is possible

#

Z-statistic: 5.07

SCr>Base = Serum creatinine greater than baseline creatinine, RA+ = renal angina fulfillment, AKI = acute kidney injury, BSA = body surface area, CV = cardiovascular, CNS = central nervous system, PRISM-III = Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score III, PIM-2 = Pediatric Index of Mortality-2, PELOD = Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction, AUC-ROC = area under curve receiver operating characteristic, MV duration = mechanical ventilation duration, ICU = intensive care unit, ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RRT=Renal replacement therapy, LOS = length of stay