Survivors Non-survivors P Value
(N = 24) (N = 10)
Age (years) 52 ± 14 52 ± 19 NS
Female (%) 13 (54) 6 (60) NS
Caucasian (%) 23 (96) 8 (80) NS
Diabetes Mellitus (%) 5 (21) 1 (10) NS
Hypertension (%) 12 (50) 4 (40) NS
Cardiac disease (%) 7 (29) 4 (40) NS
Malignancy (%) 4 (17) 3 (30) NS
Sepsis (%) 9 (38) 5 (50) NS
Apache II 22.3 ± 10.5 31.8 ± 5.3 0.001
Baseline SCr (mean, mg/dL) 1.0 ± 0.37 0.86 ± 0.17 NS
Days from Diagnosis of AKI to Sample Collection (mean) 3.0 ± 1.5 4.8 ± 3.3 NS
 Need for RRT 58% 40% NS
 Etiology of AKI (%)      
Sepsis 8 (33.3) 5 (50)  
Ischemia 5 (20.8) 3 (30)  
Multifactorial 7 (29.2) 2 (20)  
Nephrotoxin 2 (8.3) 0  
Rhabdomyolysis 2 (8.3) 0  
AKI – Acute Kidney Injury
Table 2: Baseline Characteristics of Patients with AKI.