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. 2021 May 28;22:200. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02400-3

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of adults with and without acute kidney injury, stratified by body mass index at study entry. Data presented as n (%) or mean (SD)

No Acute Kidney Injury (n = 769) Acute Kidney Injury (n = 769)
BMI < 20 BMI 20–24.9 BMI 25–29.9 BMI 30+ BMI < 20 BMI 20–24.9 BMI 25–29.9 BMI 30+
n (%) 21 (2%) 125 (17%) 269 (35%) 354 (46%) 16 (2%) 134 (17%) 223 (30%) 396 (51%)
Age 65.9 (13.5) 65.5 (13.9) 68.4 (12.2) 63.1 (11.9) 61.7 (15.1) 64.3 (16.0) 65.9 (12.7) 62.3 (11.2)
Women 14 (67%) 59 (47%) 84 (31%) 167 (47%) 7 (44%) 46 (34%) 49 (22%) 148 (37%)
Race
 White 19 (90%) 102 (82%) 241 (90%) 291 (82%) 11 (69%) 108 (81%) 181 (81%) 307 (77%)
 Black 2 (10%) 9 (7%) 17 (6%) 50 (14%) 4 (25%) 16 (12%) 27 (12%) 70 (18%)
 Other 0 14 (11%) 11 (4%) 13 (4%) 1 (6%) 10 (7%) 15 (7%) 19 (5%)
BMI (kg/m2) 18.4 (1.1) 23.0 (1.4) 27.5 (1.4) 36.3 (6.0) 18.4 (1.1) 22.8 (1.4) 27.3 (1.5) 37.5 (7.3)
eGFR ml/min/1.73m2
Pre- admission
72 (23) 71 (24) 66 (22) 71 (26) 74 (29) 72 (29) 66 (25) 66 (25)
3-month baseline
77 (25) 73 (25) 70 (24) 74 (24) 74 (36) 70 (31) 64 (25) 65 (26)
Diabetes 3 (5%) 23 (18%) 84 (31%) 161 (45%) 4 (25%) 43 (32%) 87 (39%) 253 (64%)
CVD 7 (33%) 46 (37%) 127 (47%) 141 (40%) 5 (31%) 61 (46%) 103 (46%) 203 (51%)
CHF 2 (10%) 21 (17%) 46 (17%) 53 (15%) 6 (38%) 29 (22%) 55 (25%) 115 (29%)
Sepsis 0 4 (3%) 9 (3%) 13 (4%) 2 (13%) 27 (20%) 29 (13%) 60 (15%)
ICU 12 (57%) 80 (64%) 176 (65%) 205 (58%) 11 (69%) 104 (78%) 169 (76%) 261 (66%)
Smoker
 never 7 (33%) 47 (38%) 123 (46%) 149 (42%) 4 (25%) 53 (40%) 86 (39%) 165 (41%)
 former 9 (43%) 53 (42%) 117 (43%) 166 (47%) 7 (44%) 50 (37%) 105 (47%) 182 (46%)
 current 5 (2%) 23 (18%) 27 (10%) 35 (10%) 5 (31%) 31 (23%) 29 (13%) 47 (12%)
 unknown 0 2 (2%) 2 (1%) 4 (1%) 0 0 3 (1%) 2 (1%)
AKI stage 1 15 (94%) 100 (75%) 174 (78%) 264 (67%)
AKI stage 2 0 18 (13%) 25 (11%) 75 (19%)
AKI stage 3 1 (6%) 16 (12%) 24 (11%) 57 (14%)

AKI acute kidney injury, BMI body mass index, CHF chronic heart failure, CVD cardiovascular disease, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ICU treated in intensive care unit