Abnormal admission kidney function predicts higher mortality in stroke patients

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Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics of patients in each chronic kidney disease stage

Clinical characteristics	Cr^*	Age^{^*^†}	Females^{^‡}	Hypertension^{^§}	Diabetes^{^**}	HbA1C^{^*^††}	LOS^{^*^‡‡}	eGFR^{^*}	Proteinuria^{^§§}
CKD Stage 1 and 2	<126	60.5 years	(45.7)	(88)	(63)	7.5	9	84	(43.5)
CKD Stage 3 (n=134)	126.5	65 years	(39.6)	(94.8)	(70.9)	7.9	11.9	47.7	(53)
CKD Stage 4 (n=35)	239	68 years	(45.7)	(94.1)	(67.7)	8.3	12.8	23.8	(76.9)
CKD Stage 5 (n=24)	478	66 years	(50)	(95.9)	(66.7)	6.3	8.5	10.4	(87.5)

↵* Median, p-value for differences between the chronic kidney disease stages,
↵† p=0.0001,
↵‡ p=0.8335,
↵§ p=0.030,
↵** p=0.5342,
↵†† p=0.1755,
↵‡‡ p=0.560,
↵§§ p=0.0011, CKD - Chronic kidney disease, Cr - serum creatinine level in mg/dl, eGFR - Estimated glomerular filtration rate, HbA1C - hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin), LOS - Length of stay