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. 2021 Jun 12;41(8):1901–1909. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01119-1

Table 2.

Associations between antenatal characteristics and patient demographics with occurrence of AKI.

Prenatal characteristics No AKI (n = 56) AKI (n = 34) p value
Left-sided CDH, n (%) 47 (83.9) 27 (79.4) 0.80
Percent predicted lung volume, mean (SD) 25.71 (8.00) 17.45 (7.34) <0.001
Total lung volume (mL), median [IQR] 31.00 [26.75, 41.00] 25.00 [21.00, 32.50] <0.05
Lung-to-head ratio, median [IQR] 1.40 [1.10, 1.60] 1.00 [0.80, 1.10] <0.001
Observed to expected lung-to-head ratio, median [IQR] 52.00 [39.75, 66.00] 38.50 [24.90, 48.00] <0.01
Liver up, n (%) 29 (51.8) 29 (85.3) <0.01
Patient demographics No AKI (n = 56) AKI (n = 34) p value
GA (week), median [IQR] 38.00 [36.00, 38.00] 38.00 [36.00, 39.00] 0.41
Birth weight (kg), median [IQR] 2.95 [2.50, 3.28] 2.79 [2.50, 3.04] 0.38
Male gender, n (%) 31 (55.4) 19 (55.9) >0.99
Congenital heart disease, n (%) 2 (3.6) 5 (14.7) 0.13
Chromosomal anomaly, n (%) 2 (3.6) 3 (8.8) 0.56
Congenital anomaly of the kidney or urinary tract, n (%) 3 (5.4) 2 (5.9) >0.99
Outborn, n (%) 31 (55.4) 14 (41.2) 0.28
ECLS use, n (%) 6 (10.7) 26 (76.5) <0.001

AKI acute kidney injury, CDH congenital diaphragmatic hernia, GA gestational age, ECLS extracorporeal life support.