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. 2021 Aug 25;14(9):843. doi: 10.3390/ph14090843

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for all included patients, patients with and without AKI.

Variable All Patients Patients with AKI Patients without AKI
N Value N Value N Value
Demographics
Age years, median (IQR) 339 77.6 (70.6; 84.4) 33 75.9 (72.3; 83.0) 306 77.9 (70.5; 84.5)
Female, n (%) - 212 (62.5) - 25 (75.8) - 187 (61.1)
Body-mass index, median (IQR) 304 25.1 (22.3; 28.8) 26 24.8 (20.7; 28.9) 278 25.1 (22.5; 28.8)
Hospitalization-days, median (IQR) 339 2 (1; 6) 33 7 (4; 13) 306 2 (1; 5)
30-day morality, n (%) 339 12 (3.5) 33 3 (9.1) 306 9 (2.9)
Comorbidities
Cardiovascular disease (%) - 113 (33.3) - 12 (36.4) - 101 (33.0)
Diabetes (%) - 57 (16.8) - 5 (15.2) - 52 (17.0)
Medication
Total number of medications, median (IQR) 339 6 (3; 9) 33 8 (4; 12) 306 6 (3; 9)
Biomarkers *
Creatinine µmol/L, median (IQR) 339 84.3 (66.2; 105.4) 33 120.8 (91.1; 169.5) 306 83.0 (65.4; 100.2)
Cystatin C mg/L, median (IQR) 339 1.21 (0.95; 1.60) 1.69 (1.26–2.56) 306 1.17 (0.94; 1.56)
eGFR mL/min/1.73 m2, median (IQR) 339 65.6 (48.2; 81.9) 33 39.1 (26.7; 59.2) 306 67.4 (50.7; 82.3)
CRP-µg/mL, median (IQR) 314 15.5 (3.0; 63.7) 33 67.0 (22.3; 120.3) 281 14.0 (3.0; 53.4)
IL6-pg/mL, median (IQR) 336 4.6 (1.9; 13.3) 33 9.8 (3.6; 30.4) 303 4.3 (1.8; 11.1)
TNF-α–pg/mL, median (IQR) 336 7.4 (5.1; 107) 33 10.1 (6.7; 14.9) 303 7.3 (4.9; 10.5)
FI-OutRef, median (IQR) 314 5 (3; 7) 33 7 (6; 8) 282 5 (3; 7)
Change in creatinine and eGFR **
Δcreatinine inclusion to discharge 339 −1.0 (−9.0:7.0) 33 −33.0 (−57.0:−13.0) 306 0.0 (−7.0:7.0)
ΔeGFR inclusion to discharge 339 1.0 (−4.1:7.1) 33 20.4 (4.4:32.2) 306 0.0 (−4.7:4.9)

AKI, acute kidney injury; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated with chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation based on creatinine; CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor alpha. * p-values multiplied by seven. ** p-values multiplied by two.