Women and acute kidney injury in myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND: Data on the relationship between gender and acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are conflicting and inconclusive. The contrast volume-to-estimated glomerular filtration rate ratio (CV/GFR) was shown to predict AKI in patients with MI undergoing PCI. We assessed gender-based differences in AKI and evaluated the association between the CV/GFR and AKI in MI patients undergoing PCI.

METHODS: We retrospectively studied 4675 consecutive patients with MI who underwent PCI between January 2007 and December 2015. The incidence of AKI and CV/GFR in men and women were compared. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

RESULTS: Women suffered more AKI than men [152 (10.5%) women suffered AKI compared to 252 (7.8%) men; p = 0.003]. After adjustment for potential confounders, female gender was identified as an independent predictive factor for AKI. CV/GFR was higher in women (2.57 ± 1.95 in women vs. 2.25 ± 1.60 in men; p < 0.0001) and predicted AKI.

CONCLUSION: AKI occurs more often in women than men with MI undergoing PCI. Female gender independently predicted AKI in our analysis. A high CV/GFR denotes a group of patients who are at higher risk of AKI after PCI. CV/GFR was significantly higher in women, which may help to explain their worse outcome as regards AKI.