Table 1 Main clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients according to AKI development.

From: Acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients with real-life analysis of incidence and clinical impact in Italian hospitals (the SIN-AKI study)

 

All

No-AKI

AKI

P

(No-AKI vs AKI)

N,

87,087

69,141 (79.4)

17,946 (20.6)

 

Age, years

69.2 ± 17.7

66.7 ± 18.1

74.8 ± 14.7

 < 0.001

Sex, male%

43,467 (49.9)

34,869 (50.4)

8598 (47.9)

 < 0.001

Comorbidities, %

Diabetes

8455 (9.7)

6446 (9.3)

2009 (11.2)

 < 0.001

Heart failure

7767 (8.9)

5122 (7.4)

2645 (14.7)

 < 0.001

Sepsis

3361 (3.9)

1448 (2.1)

1913 (10.7)

 < 0.001

CKD

5924 (6.8)

4220 (6.1)

1704 (9)

 < 0.001

sCr at admission (mg/dl)

1.12 ± 0.98

1 ± 1

1.55 ± 1.53

 < 0.001

eGFR at admission (ml/min)

90.1 ± 16

91 ± 15

81.6 ± 16

 < 0.001

    

AKI incidence (%)*

Hospital Ward

Medicine

37,902 (43.5)

30,951 (44.7)

6951 (38.7)

10.4

Surgery

22,569 (25.9)

18,949 (27.4)

3620 (20.2)

16

ICU

3147 (3.6)

1666 (2.4)

1481 (8.2)

47

Emergency Medicine

23,467 (26.9)

17,574 (25.4)

5893 (32.8)

25.1

  1. Abbreviations: CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease, sCr: Serum Creatinine, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, AKI: Acute Kidney Injury.