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Table 2 Diagnosis of admission in patients by sex and in the total population studied

From: Acute kidney injury is more common in men than women after accounting for socioeconomic status, ethnicity, alcohol intake and smoking history

Parameter

Total population

Male

Female

P

N

3534

1878

1656

-

Cardiology (n, %)

707 (20.0)

446 (23.7)

261 (15.8)

< 0.001

Gastroenterology (n, %)

463 (13.1)

213 (11.3)

250 (15.1)

Musculoskeletal/trauma (n, %)

407 (11.5)

174 (9.3)

233 (14.1)

Malignancy (n, %)

275 (7.8)

179 (9.5)

96 (5.8)

Neurology (n, %)

152 (4.3)

57 (3.0)

95 (5.7)

Renal (n, %)

208 (5.9)

148 (7.9)

60 (3.6)

Respiratory (n, %)

279 (7.9)

134 (7.1)

145 (8.8)

Infection (n, %)

630 (17.8)

338 (18.0)

292 (17.6)

Other (n, %)

294 (8.3)

124 (6.6)

170 (10.3)

Not Specified (n, %)

119 (3.4)

65 (3.5)

54 (3.3)