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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2015 May;43(5):1043–1052. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000927

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics and Risk Factors for the Primary Composite Outcome of Hospital Mortality or Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy

Outcome (–) Outcome (+)
Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes n = 578 n = 25 P
Demographics
 Age 65 (16) 67 (14) 0.63
 Male gender 367 (63.5) 13 (52.0) 0.24
 Body mass index, kg/m2 27.8 (5.3) 28.4 (5.9) 0.66
Preoperative risk factors
 Left ventricular ejection fraction % 53 (12) 44 (19) 0.03
 Unstable angina or recent myocardial infarction 143 (24.7) 6 (24.0) 0.9
 Diabetes 129 (22.3) 10 (40.0) 0.04
 Hypertension 419 (72.5) 18 (72.0) 0.9
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 57 (9.9) 2 (8.0) 0.9
 Hyperlipidemia 379 (65.6) 13 (52.0) 0.16
 Statin use 310 (53.6) 12 (48.0) 0.58
 Smoker 44 (7.6) 0 (0.0) 0.25
 Euroscorea 6.8 (3.5) 10.5 (3.1) < 0.001
 Preoperative hemoglobin, g/dL 12.9 (1.9) 10.7 (2.1) < 0.001
 Preoperative serum creatinine, mg/dL 1.0 (0.3) 1.6 (0.7) < 0.001
 Preoperative eGFRb, mL/min/1.73 m2 76 (22) 49 (24) < 0.001
 Preoperative eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 136 (23.5) 16 (64.0) < 0.001
Intraoperative/postoperative risk factors
 Reoperation 123 (21.3) 11 (44.0) 0.01
 Surgical procedure
  On-pump CABG 105 (18.2) 1 (4.0) 0.16
  Off-pump CABG 23 (4.0) 0 (0.0)
  Valve ± other 321 (55.5) 15 (60.0)
  Aortic root ± other 84 (14.5) 5 (20.0)
  Ventricular assist device/extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/transplant/other 45 (7.8) 4 (16.0)
 Case urgency
  Elective 445 (77.0) 11 (44.0) < 0.001
  Nonelective 133 (23.0) 14 (56.0)
 Cardiopulmonary bypass duration 106 (48) 173 (78) < 0.001
 Nadir intraoperative hemoglobin, g/dL 8.3 (1.4) 7.6 (0.9) < 0.001
 Peak intraoperative glucose, mg/dL 189 (47) 226 (65) 0.01
 pRBC transfusion, n (%) 224 (38.8) 20 (80.0) < 0.001
 Transfused volume of pRBCs (mL)
   Intraoperatively 0 (0–250) 750 (0–1,250) < 0.001
   Within 48 hr postoperatively 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1,300) < 0.001
Outcomes
 Acute kidney injuryc
  Total 134 (23.2) 21 (84.0) < 0.001
  Stage 1 108 (18.7) 6 (24.0)
  Stage 2 18 (3.1) 2 (8.0)
  Stage 3 8 (1.4) 13 (52.0)
 Length of stay (d)
  ICU 2.3 (1.3–4.3) 10.1 (6.1–21.5) < 0.001
  Hospital 8.5 (6.6–11.6) 19.6 (10.8–23.6) < 0.001

eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate, CABG = coronary artery bypass graft, pRBC = packed RBC.

a

Euroscore calculated from modified variables defined according to data available within the medical record and institutional usage to reasonably reflect Euroscore definitions.

b

eGFR calculated according to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation.

c

Acute kidney injury defined over 7 days postoperatively according to creatinine-based Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes practice guidelines.