Table 3. Age, APACHE II, SIDa, SIDe, and SIG values of the surgical and medical patients.
SD, standard deviation; SIG, strong ion gap; SIDa, strong ion difference apparent; SIDe, strong ion difference effective; APACHE, Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation
| Surgical | Medical | P-value | |||
| Mean ± SD | Min-Max | Mean ± SD | Min-Max | ||
| Age (years) | 61.32 ± 17.34 | 19-90 | 65.8 ± 18.59 | 19-93 | 0.024 |
| APACHE II | 19.63 ± 9.03 | 5-42 | 21.99 ± 7.39 | 3-39 | 0.035 |
| SIDa | 41.77 ± 6.47 | 20.8-64.2 | 44.41 ± 5.62 | 31.13-59.9 | 0.001 |
| SIDe | 28.28 ± 6.09 | 13-45.5 | 30.43 ± 7.63 | 13-53.4 | 0.022 |
| SIG | 13.49 ± 7.3 | -3.5 to 36.5 | 13.98 ± 5.79 | 0.8-31.31 | 0.160 |