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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2021 Jan 25;234:51–59. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.12.013

Table 2.

Comparison of CA AKI rates when NCDR model derived threshold was and was not exceeded.

Risk CA AKI when Contrast<Model CA AKI when Contrast>Model Delta (%) NNT P value
7–10% 1,220/17,543 (7.0%) 3,059/34,388 (8.9%) 1.9 53 <.001
10–15% 1,071/10,645 (10.1%) 3,715/28,569 (13.0%) 2.9 34 <.001
>15% 1,231/6,997 (17.6%) 12,474/42,991 (29.0%) 11.4 9 <.001
Overall 3,522/35,185 (10.0%) 19,248/105,948 (18.2%) 8.2 12 <.001

Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury (CA AKI), Number needed to treat to prevent 1 CA AKI (NNT)