18 July 2020>: Clinical Research
Early Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Case-Control Study
Mengzhuo Guo BCDE , Yuanchao Gao BCDE , Linlin Wang BC , Haijing Zhang BC , Xian Liu BC , Huan Zhang AEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923864
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923864
Table 1 Patient characteristics.
Variable | All patients (n=122) | AKI (n=52) | Non-AKI (n=70) | P value |
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Age (χ̄±SD, yr) | 50.66±11.19 | 53.02±10.96 | 48.90±11.11 | 0.873 |
Male/Female [n (%)] | 97(79.9)/25(20.1) | 37(71.2)/15(28.8) | 60(85.7)/10(14.3) | |
BMI (χ̄±SD, kg/m) | 23.56±3.67 | 23.90±4.2 | 23.31±3.2 | |
Diabetes [n (%)] | 10 (8.2) | 4 (7.7) | 6 (8.6) | 0.861 |
Hypertension [n (%)] | 12 (9.8) | 6 (11.5) | 6 (8.6) | 0.586 |
Etiology | ||||
Hepatic malignancy [n (%)] | 60 (49.1) | 22 (42.3) | 38 (54.3) | 0.191 |
Viral hepatitis [n (%)] | 28 (22.9) | 16 (30.8) | 12 (17.1) | 0.077 |
Alcoholics [n (%)] | 15 (12.3) | 6 (11.5) | 9 (12.9) | 0.826 |
Hepatic echinococcosis [n (%)] | 6 (4.9) | 0 | 6 (8.6) | |
Autoimmune hepatitis [n (%)] | 7 (5.7) | 3 (5.8) | 4 (5.7) | 0.99 |
Others [n (%)] | 6 (4.9) | 5 (9.6) | 1 (1.4) | 0.402 |
MELD score [M (IQR)] | 12.95 (8.39–21.11) | 19.12 (11.77–21.82) | 10.10 (7.26–16.1) | |
Hepatorenal syndrome [n (%)] | 9 (7.4) | 5 (9.6) | 4 (5.7) | 0.415 |
Ascites [n (%)] | 56 (45.9) | 29 (55.8) | 27 (38.6) | |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation, median (IQR), or number (%). BMI – body mass index; MELD score – model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score. |