ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024
Blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with AKI: a cohort study.
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Abstract
Background: This study aims to investigate the relationship between blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio (BAR) and all-cause mortality in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and evaluate the effect of BAR on the prognosis of AKI. Methods: Adult patients with AKI admitted to the ICU in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) were selected in a retrospective cohort study. BAR (mg/g) was calculated using initial blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)/serum albumin (g/dl). According to the BAR, these patients were divided into quartiles (Q1-Q4). Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to compare the mortality of the above four groups. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between BAR and 28-day mortality and 365-day mortality. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated, and the subgroup analysis was finally stratified by relevant covariates. Results: A total of 12,125 patients with AKI were included in this study. The 28-day and 365-day mortality rates were 23.89 and 39.07%, respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a significant increase in all-cause mortality in patients with high BAR (Log-rank Conclusion: BAR is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality in patients with AKI. This finding suggests that BAR may help identify people with AKI at high risk of mortality.
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