Table 1

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and underlying medical problems of patients with AKI
needing renal replacement therapy for each event of AKI from 1998 to 2005
Variables

Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2018 2247 2228 2381 2566 2652 2750 2800

Mean age (yrs)

73.1

73.5

73.1

72.9

72.9

73.0

72.8

72.5

Mean admission-RRT interval 15.7

(days)

15.0

15.1

16.6

16.9

16.0

17.0

14.6

Male sex (%)

53.8

52.5

54.6

54.3

54.2

54.3

55.6

55.9

Black race (%)

14.9

15.1

14.6

16.4

17.8

16.3

16.2

15.6

White race (%)

79.0

77.3

78.9

76.7

75.0

77.0

76.6

77.4

Others (%)

6.1

7.6

6.5

6.8

7.2

6.7

7.2

7.0

Sepsis (%)

32.5

34.4

32.3

35.4

39.8

38.9

41.3

41.8

ASHD (%)

48.3

48.2

48.8

47.9

46.3

45.1

45.8

42.8

CHF (%)

63.7

62.0

65.5

62.9

63.4

63.8

61.5

61.1

Stroke (%)

15.1

14.7

15.4

14.4

16.0

14.9

15.5

13.3

PVD (%)

26.7

24.5

24.7

26.4

25.2

25.9

25.9

26.3

GI (%)

17.7

17.1

17.5

18.0

16.1

16.3

15.9

14.6

Liver (%)

5.7

6.0

6.4

8.2

7.5

7.5

8.7

10.4

Dysrrhythmia (%)

47.8

49.3

51.8

52.2

53.2

52.1

51.7

50.4

Cancer (%)

11.1

12.8

12.7

12.5

14.3

12.7

14.4

13.7

Diabetes (%)

35.1

34.3

37.0

39.4

39.4

38.5

38.8

39.9

HTN (%)

54.4

54.6

58.1

57.4

60.9

60.3

61.5

61.9

Anemia (%)

38.5

38.5

38.9

40.4

40.3

42.8

45.3

45.5

Abbreviations: RRT = renal replacement therapy, ASHD = atherosclerotic heart disease, CHF
= congestive heart failure, PVD = peripheral vascular disease, GI = gastrointestinal diseases,
HTN = hypertension