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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population stratified by AKI duration

From: Duration of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients

 

SAILS patients AKI n = 238

Short duration AKI n = 76

Medium duration AKI n = 47

Persistent AKI n = 77

Death during AKI n = 38

Baseline characteristics

Age in years

54 [40, 66]

50 [40, 65]

53 [39, 65]

54 [40, 66]

58 [47, 68]

Female gender, n (%)

114 (47.9)

32 (42.1)

23 (48.9)

40 (51.9)

19 (50.0)

White race, n (%)

181 (76.1)

58 (76.3)

36 (76.6)

58 (75.3)

29 (76.3)

Hispanic or Latino, n (%)

32 (13.4)

14 (18.4)

7 (14.9)

8 (10.4)

3 (7.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.6 [23.6, 34.2]

28.0 [22.5, 33.3]

26.4 [22.8, 32.1]

30.5 [25.7, 34.6]

27.9 [24.0, 34.7]

Medical admission, n (%)

218 (91.6)

70 (92.1)

41 (87.2)

70 (90.9)

37 (97.4)

ICU days before study enrollment n (%)

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

2 [1, 3]

1 [1, 2]

2 [1, 2]

Rosuvastatin therapy, n (%)

120 (50.4)

33 (43.4)

19 (40.4)

46 (59.7)

22 (57.9)

Day of randomization APACHE III

98 [81, 121]

92 [78, 107]

91 [73, 112]

105 [89, 123]

121 [95, 139]

Comorbidities

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

53 (22.3)

16 (21.1)

10 (21.3)

17 (22.1)

10 (26.3)

Hypertension, n (%)

112 (47.1)

35 (46.1)

20 (42.6)

35 (45.5)

22 (57.9)

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

16 (6.7)

2 (2.6)

5 (10.6)

8 (10.4)

1 (2.6)

Peripheral vascular disease, n (%)

12 (5.0)

4 (5.3)

3 (6.4)

4 (5.2)

1 (2.6)

Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%)

35 (14.7)

13 (17.1)

7 (14.9)

10 (13.0)

5 (13.2)

Cancer, n (%)

38 (16.0)

14 (18.4)

4 (8.5)

8 (10.4)

12 (31.6)

Day of AKI development

Study day that AKI developed

1 [1, 3]

2 [1, 3]

1 [1, 3]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

Urine output (mL/kg/h)

0.78 [0.28, 1.48]

1.05 [0.70, 1.81]

1.36 [0.58, 2.87]

0.43 [0.06, 0.86]

0.31 [0.12, 0.88]

Platelets × 106/L

168 [74, 256]

204 [120, 292]

185 [115, 272]

143 [67, 220]

68 [26, 184]

Vasopressor use, n (%)

105 (44.3)

22 (28.9)

13 (27.7)

39 (51.3)

31 (81.6)

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

90 [80, 100]

94 [85, 105]

92 [82, 107]

86 [79, 98]

78 [70, 89]

PaO2/FiO2 ratio

155 [110, 220]

184 [129, 257]

192 [133, 272]

147 [106, 190]

123 [87, 151]

AKI characteristics

Baseline creatinine (mg/dL)

1.0 [0.7, 1.4]

0.9 [0.7, 1.4]

0.9 [0.6, 1.3]

1.2 [0.7, 1.9]

1.0 [0.7, 1.2]

Creatinine at AKI diagnosis (mg/dL)

1.7 [1.2, 2.6]

1.4 [1.0, 2.0]

1.4 [1.1, 2.0]

2.4 [1.6, 3.8]

1.8 [1.4, 2.4]

On dialysis, n (%)

25 (10.5)

1 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

18 (23.4)

6 (15.8)

KDIGO AKI stage at presentation

Stage 1, n (%)

172 (72.3)

72 (94.7)

40 (85.1)

35 (45.5)

25 (65.8)

Stage 2, n (%)

25 (10.5)

1 (1.3)

5 (10.6)

14 (18.2)

5 (13.2)

Stage 3, n (%)

41 (17.2)

3 (3.9)

2 (4.3)

28 (36.4)

8 (21.1)

KDIGO AKI maximum severity stage day 17

Stage 1, n (%)

116 (48.7)

63 (82.9)

31 (66.0)

13 (16.9)

9 (23.7)

Stage 2, n (%)

36 (15.1)

5 (6.6)

12 (25.5)

11 (14.3)

8 (21.1)

Stage 3, n (%)

86 (36.1)

8 (10.5)

4 (8.5)

53 (68.8)

21 (55.3)

  1. Continuous variables are presented as median and interquartile range
  2. AKI acute kidney injury, SAILS Statins for Acutely Injured Lungs from Sepsis, BMI body mass index, APACHE III acute physiologic and chronic health evaluation III, ICU intensive care unit, BP blood pressure, KDIGO kidney disease: improving global outcomes, PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio partial pressure arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen