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. 2021 Nov 1;22:359. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02557-x

Table 2.

Renal characteristics and outcomes

All (n = 1248) No AKI (n = 761) All AKI (n = 487) AKI 1 (n = 248) AKI 2 (n = 64) AKI 3 (n = 175) pb pc for trend

Baseline Cr

(μmol/l), Median (IQR)

81.0 (66.0, 99.0) 77.0 (64.0, 92.0) 91.0 (72.0, 116.5) 95.0 (75.0, 121.8) 85.0 (70.0, 118.2) 85.0 (70.0, 106.0) < 0.001 < 0.001

Baseline eGFR

(ml/min/1.73m2),Median (IQR)

79.0 (61.4, 97.7) 82.7 (68.5, 100.7) 69.8 (48.2, 90.8) 64.4 (44.9, 85.9) 63.4 (50.2, 101.8) 77.5 (59.7, 96.8) < 0.001 < 0.001

Admission (μmol/l),

Median (IQR)

91.0 (71.0, 126.5) 80.0 (65.0, 96.0) 132 (98.0, 207.) 129 (101.0, 176.0) 184(117.2, 261.5) 121(87.5, 242.5) < 0.001 < 0.001

Peak Cr

(μmol/l),

Median (IQR)

98.0 (74.8, 162.0) 81.0 (66.0, 97.0) 199.0 (134.0, 367.5) 140 (114.8, 185.8) 203.5 (165.5, 275.5) 462.(285.5, 631.0) < 0.001 < 0.001

Urine proteina

(n = 287)

123 (42.9%) 53 (35.3%) 70 (51.1%) 26 (38.2%) 13 (68.4%) 31 (62.0%) 0.007 < 0.001

Urine RBCsa

(n = 331)

129 (39.0%) 58 (33.0%) 71 (45.8%) 31 (39.2%) 14 (66.7%) 26 (47.3%) 0.017 0.011
RRT,n (%) 109 (8.7%) n/a 109 (22.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 109 (62.3%) < 0.001 < 0.001
RRT modality,n (%)
CVVHDF 63 (5.0%) n/a 63 (12.9%) n/a n/a 63 (36.0%)
CVVHDF/HD 12 (1.0%) n/a 12 (2.5%) n/a n/a 12 (6.9%)
CVVHDF/PD 26 (2.1%) n/a 26 (5.3%) n/a n/a 26 (14.9%)
CVVHDF/PD/HD 4 (0.3%) n/a 4 (0.8%) n/a n/a 4 (2.3%)
HD 4 (0.3%) n/a 4 (0.8%) n/a n/a 4 (2.3%)
None 1139 (91.3%) n/a 378 (77.6%) n/a n/a 66 (37.7%)

RRT off ICU,

n (%)

14 (1.1%) n/a 14 (2.9%) n/a n/a 14 (8.0%)

RRT after discharge,

n (%)

0 (0.0%) n/a 0 (0.0%) n/a n/a 0 (0.0%)
Discharge Cr (μmol/l), Mean (SD) 80.0 (63.0, 114.0) 70.0 (58.0, 85.0) 124.0 (81.5, 212.5) 105.0 (79.0, 160.0) 148.0 (73.0, 202.0) 186.0 (96.0, 359.0) < 0.001 < 0.001

Cr recovered to baseline,

n (%)

(alive patients only n = 915)

n/a n/a 219 (84.6%) 143 (89.9%) 24 (85.7%) 52 (72.2%) < 0.001
Admission outcome, n (%)
Death in hospital 348 (27.9%) 132 (17.3%) 216 (44.4%) 89 (35.9%) 35 (54.7%) 92 (52.6%) < 0.001 < 0.001
Discharged alive 900 (72.1%) 629 (82.7%) 271 (55.6%) 159 (64.1%) 29 (45.3%) 83 (47.4%) < 0.001 < 0.001

AKI acute kidney injury, Cr creatinine, IQR interquartile range, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ICU intensive care unit, RBCs red blood cells, RRT renal replacement therapy; CVVHDF continuousveno-venous haemodiafiltration, HD haemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis, SD standard deviation

ain urine dip

bcomparison between AKI vs non-AKI

ccomparison across AKI stage subgroups