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Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Jan 23;33(5):607–613. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.01.030

Table 4.

Comparison of outcomes between ethanol-negative and ethanol-positive patients with a base deficit greater than −2 mmol/L

	Negative alcohol (n = 557)	Positive alcohol (n = 535)	P
Sex (male)	325 (58.34%)	438 (81.86%)	.000^*
Age	45.99 (18 to 95)	39.99 (18 to 83)	.000^*
ISS	18.23 (1 to 75)	14.64 (1 to 59)	.000^*
Initial lactate	2.97 (0.5 to 20.0)	3.38 (0.9 to 23.0)	.010^*
Mortality 72 hours	50 (8.97%)	16 (2.99%)	.000^*
Hospital mortality	73 (13.10%)	27 (5.04%)	.000^*
Base deficit	−5.26 (−27.0 to −2.10)	−5.81 (−36.6 to −2.10)	.016^*
Initial pulse	97.55 (0 to 178)	97.67 (0 to 182)	.930
Initial systolic BP	134.45 (0 to 259)	136.92 (0 to 225)	.140
Shock index	0.75 (0 to 4.03)	0.73 (0 to 1.95)	.150
ICU days	6.68 (1 to 65)	5.79 (1 to 36)	.115
HLOS	10.85 (1 to 78)	8.57 (1 to 72)	.001^*
Total blood products	10.25 (1 to 177)	8.45 (1 to 73)	.206

^*

Statistically significant at ≤ 0.05.