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Table 1 Baseline characteristics at initiation of RRT

From: Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin at inception of renal replacement therapy predicts survival in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Variable

Total

non-SIRS/sepsis

SIRS

Sepsis

Pvalue

Number of patients (n; %)

109 (100)

25 (22.9)

53 (48.6)

31 (28.4)

 

Age (years, median (IQR))

51 (40-61)

56 (47-68)

51 (39-60)

48 (37-61)

0.086

Female sex (n;%)

42 (38.5)

5 (20.0)

25 (47.2)

12 (38.7)

0.071

LOS before start of RRT (median (IQR))

2 (1-5)

3 (2-5)

2 (1-7)

2 (1-5)

0.426

APACHE II score (median (IQR))

34 (26-36)

34 (27-36)

30 (24-35)

35 (29-40)

0.028

SOFA score (median (IQR))

16 (13-18)

15 (13-17)

14 (12-17)

17 (16-19)

0.011

   Cardiovascular variable

4 (1-4)

3 (1-4)

3 (1-4)

4 (3-4)

0.008

   Respiratory variable

2 (2-3)

2 (2-3)

2 (1-3)

3 (2-4)

0.005

   Coagulation variable

1 (1-3)

1 (1-3)

1 (1-3)

3 (1-3)

0.567

   Liver variable

1 (1-2)

1 (1-2)

2 (1-2)

1 (1-2)

0.858

   Renal variable

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

3 (2-4)

0.517

   CNS variable

4 (3-4)

4 (4-4)

4 (2-4)

4 (4-4)

0.009

Indication for RRT

     

   CCR/eGFR loss >30% (n;%)

100 (91.7)

23 (92.0)

49 (92.5)

28 (90.3)

0.942

   Oliguria (n;%)

78 (71.6)

18 (72.0)

36 (37.9)

24 (77.4)

0.647

   Severe acidosis (n;%)

10 (9.2)

0 (0)

5 (9.4)

5 (16.5)

0.115

   Hyperkalemia (n;%)

6 (5.5)

0 (0)

3 (5.7)

3 (9.7)

0.287

RIFLE class

    

0.947

   Risk (n;%)

9 (8.3)

2 (8.0)

5 (9.4)

2 (6.5)

 

   Injury (n;%)

13 (11.9)

2 (8.0)

7 (13.2)

4 (12.9)

 

   Failure (n;%)

87 (79.8)

21 (84.0)

41 (77.4)

25 (80.6)

 

Laboratory data (median (IQR))

     

   CRP (mg/L)

138 (59-204)

113 (60-155)

67 (36-176)

202 (138-303

<0.001

   Creatinine (μmol/L)

236 (185-313)

277 (189-350)

250 (191-348)

203 (152-257)

0.475

   Cystatin C (mg/L)

1.82 (1.37-2.68)

1.81 (1.47-2.4)

1.82 (1.41-2.93)

1.84 (1.27-2.47)

0.676

   NGAL (ng/mL)

364 (196-582)

297 (184-490)

315 (161-455)

708 (365-1301)

0.001

  1. APACHE II score = Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation score; CCR = creatinine clearance; CNS = central nervous system; CRP = C reactive protein; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay in the intensive care unit; NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; RIFLE = a newly developed international consensus classification for acute kidney injury, that defines three grades of severity - risk (class R), injury (class I) and failure (class F); RRT = renal replacement therapy; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; SIRS = systemic inflammatory response syndrome.