Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 2200 participants who received continuous renal replacement therapy in multiple medical centers.

From: The effects of muscle mass and quality on mortality of patients with acute kidney injury requiring continuous renal replacement therapy

Variable

Total

(n = 2200)

SMA/BMI

 

Q1

[0.99–3.93]

Q2

[3.93–4.76]

Q3

[4.76–5.58]

Q4

[5.58–9.76]

p value

Sex, n (%)

 Male

1318 (59.9)

109 (19.8)

263 (47.8)

441 (80.2)

505 (91.8)

 < 0.001

 Female

882 (40.1)

441 (80.2)

287 (52.2)

109 (19.8)

45 (8.2)

 

Age, n (%)

 18–34

83 (3.8)

19 (3.5)

18 (3.3)

19 (3.5)

27 (4.9)

 < 0.001

 35–49

220 (10.0)

28 (5.1)

54 (9.8)

69 (12.5)

69 (12.5)

 

 50–64

570 (25.9)

94 (17.1)

127 (23.1)

153 (27.8)

196 (35.6)

 

 65–98

1327 (60.3)

409 (74.4)

351 (63.8)

309 (56.2)

258 (46.9)

 

BMI, n (%)

 < 25

1465 (66.6)

255 (46.4)

376 (68.4)

399 (72.5)

435 (79.1)

 < 0.001

 25–29

576 (26.2)

208 (37.8)

136 (24.7)

130 (23.6)

102 (18.5)

 

 ≥ 30

159 (7.2)

87 (15.8)

38 (6.9)

21 (3.8)

13 (2.4)

 

AKI cause, n (%)

 Septic

1295 (58.9)

339 (61.6)

350 (63.6)

325 (59.1)

281 (51.1)

 < 0.001

 Nephrotoxin

93 (4.2)

23 (4.2)

16 (2.9)

28 (5.1)

26 (4.7)

 

 Ischemia

343 (15.6)

70 (12.7)

74 (13.5)

104 (18.9)

95 (17.3)

 

 Post-op

162 (7.4)

41 (7.5)

34 (6.2)

35 (6.4)

52 (9.5)

 

 Volume control

75 (3.4)

20 (3.6)

17 (3.1)

12 (2.2)

26 (4.7)

 

 Others

232 (10.5)

57 (10.4)

59 (10.7)

46 (8.4)

70 (12.7)

 

Comorbidity, n (%)

 Hypertension

838 (38.1)

259 (47.1)

215 (39.1)

195 (35.5)

169 (30.7)

 < 0.001

 Diabetes

788 (35.8)

219 (39.8)

205 (37.3)

195 (35.5)

169 (30.7)

0.014

 Any tumor

793 (36.0)

184 (33.5)

209 (38.0)

225 (40.9)

175 (31.8)

0.006

 Metastatic solid tumor

152 (6.9)

42 (7.6)

45 (8.2)

38 (6.9)

27 (4.9)

0.154

 Myocardial infarction

195 (8.9)

48 (8.7)

48 (8.7)

56 (10.2)

43 (7.8)

0.582

 Congestive heart failure

330 (15.0)

85 (15.5)

78 (14.2)

89 (16.2)

78 (14.2)

0.736

 Peripheral vascular disease

175 (8.0)

45 (8.2)

47 (8.5)

39 (7.1)

44 (8.0)

0.834

 Peptic ulcer disease

123 (5.6)

39 (7.1)

33 (6.0)

28 (5.1)

23 (4.2)

0.183

Biochemical data, mean (SD)

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

9.5 (2.2)

9.4 (2.1)

9.4 (2.1)

9.6 (2.4)

9.6 (2.4)

0.148

 Albumin, (g/dL)

2.7 (0.7)

2.7 (0.6)

2.6 (0.7)

2.7 (0.6)

2.8 (0.7)

0.004

 PT INR

2.7 (4.4)

2.7 (3.9)

3.3 (5.6)

2.5 (3.6)

2.6 (4.2)

0.016

 CRP (mg/dL)

12.8 (10.9)

14.2 (11.6

13.2 (10.6)

12.4 (10.9)

11.5 (10.5)

 < 0.001

Stay length (day), mean (SD)

 Hospital

40.0 (62.0)

40.3 (70.3)

39.4 (62.2)

41.2 (61.7)

39.2 (53.0)

0.951

 ICU

14.7 (28.5)

15.4 (26.4)

13.1 (24.9)

16.4 (36.9)

13.8 (23.7)

0.229

 Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

1555 (70.7)

386 (70.1)

390 (71.0)

398 (72.3)

381 (69.3)

0.746

 CRRT duration (day), mean (SD)

7.12 (12.5)

6.3 (11.4)

6.5 (13.1)

8.4 (13.5)

7.2 (11.9)

0.028

CRRT setting, mean (SD)

 Prescribed dose (mL/kg/h)

42.5 (19.6)

40.7 (18.9)

44.3 (21.3

43.1 (20.8

41.7 (17.2

0.014

 Blood flow rate (mL/min)

114.4 (25.7)

113.8 (26.0)

115.4 (26.9

113.0 (23.9

115.5 (26.1

0.288

 Dialysate flow rate (mL/h)

1184.9 (442.2)

1162.6 (449.7)

1205.3 (469.4)

1219.9 (462.0

1151.7 (379.2

0.028

 Replacement flow rate (mL/h)

961.7 (584.7)

956.2 (581.8)

949.0 (570.4)

969.2 (610.4

972.4 (576.6

0.901

Charlson comorbidity index, n (%)

 0

305 (13.9)

73 (13.3)

59 (10.7)

71 (12.9)

102 (18.5)

0.001

 1–5

1452 (66.0)

360 (65.5)

370 (67.3)

362 (65.8)

360 (65.5)

 

 6–10

398 (18.1)

104 (18.9)

101 (18.4)

108 (19.6)

85 (15.5)

 

 11–17

45 (2.0)

13 (2.4)

20 (3.6)

9 (1.6)

3 (0.5)

 

 APACHE II score, mean (SD)

27.3 (7.9)

27.4 (7.7)

27.7 (7.8)

27.3 (7.6)

26.7 (8.4)

0.261

 SOFA score, mean (SD)

11.4 (3.5)

11.1 (3.4)

11.3 (3.3)

11.5 (3.6)

11.1 (3.6)

0.414

  1. CRRT Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy; PT INR Prothrombin Time and International Normalized Ratio; APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA sequential organ failure assessment; SMA Skeletal Muscle Area; BMI Body Mass Index.