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Table 2 Demographic data, according to cause of acute tubular necrosis

From: Patients with ischaemic, mixed and nephrotoxic acute tubular necrosis in the intensive care unit – a homogeneous population?

Characteristic

Cause of ATN

 

Ischaemic (n = 265)

Mixed (n = 201)

Nephrotoxic (n = 58)

Age (years)

56.7 ± 18.8

58.8 ± 18.3

58.9 ± 20.1

Sex

   

   Male

188 (71%)

133 (66%)

40 (69%)

   Female

77 (29%)

68 (34%)

18 (31%)

Medical

143 (54%)*

82 (41%)

28 (48%)

Surgical

122 (46%)

119 (59%)

30 (52%)

APACHE II score

21.0 ± 7.3

20.7 ± 7.2

20.3 ± 8.4

Co-morbid conditions

   

   Hypertension

59 (21%)

36 (18%)

21 (36%)

   Pulmonary diseases

17 (6.4%)

14 (7%)

3 (5.2%)

   Liver diseases

34 (12.8%)

16 (8%)

2 (3.4%)

   Cardiovascular diseases

44 (16.6%)

26 (12.9%)

7 (12.1%)

   At least one co-morbid condition

164 (62%)*

98 (49%)

38 (65%)

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). *P < 0.017, ischaemic versus mixed acute tubular necrosis (ATN); P < 0.017, mixed versus nephrotoxic ATN.