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Table 3 Incidence of acute kidney injury using the two methods of baseline estimations

From: Impact of methods of estimating baseline Serum Creatinine (bSCr) on the incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury in childhood severe malaria

Variables

Subgroups

Pottel Method

n (%)

Schwartz Method

n (%)

χ2

p

AKI

Yes

237 (43.8)

208 (38.4)

33.453

 < 0.001

No

304 (56.2)

333 (61.6)

  

KDIGO Stages

1

178 (75.1)

166 (79.8)

968.240

 < 0.001

2

31 (13.1)

24 (11.5)

  

3

28 (11.8)

18 (8.7)

  

Sex

Males (300)

136 (54.7)

121 (40.3)

240.862

 < 0.001

Females (241)

101 (41.9)

87 (36.1)

185.006

 < 0.001

Age group (Years)

 < 5

(283)

133 (47.0)

118 (41.7)

224.622

 < 0.001

5 to 10 (199)

80 (40.2)

68 (34.2)

149.900

 < 0.001

 > 10

(59)

24 (40.7)

22 (37.3)

47.315

 < 0.001

Agreement (95% CI)

0.890 (0.851 to 0.928) a

  
  1. aKappa statistics between AKI detected by both methods; CI Confidence interval