Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with sepsis: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database.

BACKGROUND

Previous studies have linked kidney damage to insulin resistance (IR), yet the association between triglyceride glucose-body mass (TyG-BMI) index, a reliable marker of IR, and acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear.

METHODS

Patient data were collected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. AKI was set as the primary endpoint, and renal replacement therapy (RRT) was set as the secondary endpoint to represent the progression of AKI. TyG-BMI index and study endpoints were analyzed using Cox regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analyses.

RESULTS

A total of 1,117 patients with sepsis were enrolled, of whom 559 (50.0%) developed AKI. The result of Cox regression revealed that the TyG-BMI index was closely related to AKI ( = 0.032), and RCS analysis depicted a nonlinear correlation ( for nonlinear = 0.013). For RRT, similar results were observed. Compared with the simple severity of illness scores (SOFA, APSIII, SAPSII, and SIRS), when combined with the TyG-BMI index, their predictive ability for sepsis-related AKI significantly increased (AUCs: 0.745, 0.732, 0.708, and 0.566 vs. 0.756, 0.747, 0.728, and 0.661; all < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS

For critically ill patients with sepsis, an elevated TyG-BMI index implies a possible increased risk of AKI. The TyG-BMI index has the potential to be a valuable predictor.