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Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Jul 1;33(10):1690–1696. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01005.x

Table 3.

Extravascular lung water (EVLW) measurements: EVLW (expressed as mL/kg) measurements were collected daily for seven days. Given greater EVLW, ARDS patients with alcohol abuse require greater diuresis and more stringent fluid restriction than does the general ARDS population.

n		Alcohol Abuse	No Alcohol Abuse	p-value
EVLW Indexed to Actual Body Weight
35	Initial (Day 1) unadjusted EVLW (mL/kg)	16.0	11.3	0.03
34	Initial (Day 1) adjusted^* EVLW	16.0	11.8	0.05
201	Unadjusted Mean EVLW	16.6	10.5	<0.0001
194	Adjusted^* Mean EVLW	15.9	10.7	<0.0001
EVLW Indexed to Predicted Body Weight
35	Initial (Day 1) unadjusted EVLW (mL/kg)	16.6	14.9	0.43
34	Initial (Day 1) adjusted^* EVLW	16.7	14.4	0.28
201	Unadjusted Mean EVLW	16.7	13.6	0.0002
194	Adjusted^* Mean EVLW	16.6	13.5	0.0002

Adjusted for albumin, net fluid balance, age, sex, height and enrollment weight.