Sex and mortality in septic severe acute kidney injury

Zachary O'Brien, Alan Cass, Louise Cole, Simon Finfer, Martin Gallagher, Colin McArthur, Shay McGuinness, John Myburgh, Rinaldo Bellomo, Johan Mårtensson, on behalf of the RENAL Study Investigators, on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Clinical Trials Group

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Abstract

Purpose
To investigate the relationship between sex and mortality and whether menopause or the intensity of renal replacement therapy (RRT) modify this relationship in patients with severe septic acute kidney injury (AKI).

Materials and methods
Post-hoc analysis of patients with sepsis included in the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level renal replacement therapy (RENAL) trial.

Results
Of 724 patients, 458 (63.3%) were male and 266 (36.7%) were female. The mean delivered effluent flow rate was 25.6 ± 7.4 ml/kg/h (80 ± 15% of prescribed dose) in males and 27.4 ± 7.6 ml/kg/h (83 ± 15% of prescribed dose) in females (p = .01). A total of 237 (51.7%) males and 118 (44.5%) females died within 90 days of randomization (p = .06). The adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for 90-day mortality was significantly decreased in females as compared with males (HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.96, p = .02). The relationship between sex and mortality was not significantly altered by menopausal status (adjusted P value for interaction 0.99) or by RRT intensity allocation (adjusted P value for interaction 0.27).

Conclusions
In a cohort of patients with sepsis and severe AKI, female sex was associated with improved survival. The relationship between sex and survival was not altered by menopausal status or RRT intensity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)70-76
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Critical Care
Volume49
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019

Keywords

  • sepsis
  • acute kidney injury
  • sex
  • mortality
  • renal replacement therapy

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