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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Jan 27;37(9):707–715. doi: 10.1177/1049909120902115

Table 1.

Summary Statistics and Comparison of Baseline Characteristics by RRT Group.

RRT Started
Covariates Within 2 Days of ICU
Admission, N = 98
Within 3-7 Days of ICU
Admission, n = 42
Later Than 7 Days of ICU
Admission, N = 36
No RRT,
N = 289
P
Value
Categorical variables n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
 Gender
  Female 49 (50%) 19 (45.2%) 8 (22.2%) 141 (48.8%) .0219
  Male 49 (50%) 23 (54.8%) 28 (77.8%) 148 (51.2%)
 Race/ethnicity
  Black 19 (19.4%) 8 (19%) 6 (16.7%) 49 (17%) .6444
  Other 22 (22.4%) 13 (31%) 12 (33.3%) 64 (22.1%)
  White 57 (58.2%) 21 (50%) 18 (50%) 176 (60.9%)
 Patient’s cancer type
  Adrenal 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.8%) 1 (0.3%) .0161
  Breast 12 (12.2%) 5 (11.9%) 0 (0%) 25 (8.7%)
  GI 29 (29.6%) 9 (21.4%) 9 (25%) 55 (19%)
  Genitourinary 9 (9.2%) 6 (14.3%) 11 (30.6%) 44 (15.2%)
  Gynecology 7 (7.1%) 3 (7.1%) 3 (8.3%) 30 (10.4%)
  Lung and head/neck 18 (18.4%) 10 (23.8%) 5 (l3.9%) 73 (25.3%)
  Pancreatic and Bil 4 (4.1%) 4 (9.5%) 1 (2.8%) 25 (8.7%)
  Sarcoma/melanoma 12 (12.2%) 3 (7.1%) 2 (5.6%) 19 (6.6%)
  Thyroid 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (8.3%) 9 (3.1%)
  Unknown Primary 7 (7.1%) 2 (4.8%) 1 (2.8%) 8 (2.8%)
 Patient died in the hospital
  No 24 (24.5%) 11 (26.2%) 11 (30.6%) 143 (49.5%) <.0001
  Yes 74 (75.5%) 31 (73.8%) 25 (69.4%) 146 (50.5%)
 Patient received supportive care while in hospital
  No 98 (100%) 42 (100%) 36 (100%) 288 (99.7%) .8941
  Yes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%)
 Patient diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease before hospital admission
  No 98 (100%) 42 (100%) 34 (94.4%) 280 (96.9%) .1283
  Yes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (5.6%) 9 (3.1%)
Continuous variables, mean ± SD
 Patient age at time of hospital admission 59.21 ± 11.62 59.76 ± 13.11 59.28 ± l5.78 60.49 ± 13.57 .8378
 Number of days patient was hospitalized 14.46 ± 15.89 24.24 ± 21.34 45.50 ± 41.52 15.44 ± 17.39 <.000l
 Baseline serum albumin test 2.66 ± 0.67 2.77 ± 0.57 2.92 ± 0.65 2.85 ± 0.68 .0724
 Baseline creatinine 3.24 ± 2.12 2.49 ± 2.05 1.70 ± 1.35 2.69 ± 2.47 .0063
 GFR during first ICU admission 30.37 ± 23.15 37.52 ± 27.10 72.53 ± 49.78 42.30 ± 35.79 <.000l
 ADM SOFA during first ICU admission 11.43 ± 4.70 9.35 ± 3.91 8.00 ± 3.11 7.73 ± 3.86 <.0001
 Max SOFA during first ICU admission 16.29 ± 4.38 16.13 ± 4.05 13.34 ± 5.06 9.78 ± 4.36 <.000l

Abbreviations: GI, gastrointestinal; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; ICU, intensive care unit; RRT, renal replacement therapy; SD, standard error; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.