Table 4. Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with AG > 12.
Variables | All | Admission serum chloride level (mmol/L) | |||||||
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<95 | 95–100 | 100–105 | 105–108 | 108–113 | 113–118 | >118 | p | ||
N | 13,089 | 1,182 | 2,883 | 5,905 | 2,081 | 901 | 110 | 27 | |
Age (year) | 59.8±18.2 | 62±17 | 61±18 | 59±18 | 59±19 | 61±19 | 61±19 | 67±20 | <0.001 |
Male | 7,032 (54) | 604 (51) | 1,576 (55) | 3,228 (55) | 1,077 (52) | 480 (53) | 55 (50) | 12 (44) | 0.08 |
Caucasian | 12,030 (92) | 1,092 (92) | 2,624 (91) | 5,457 (92) | 1,910 (92) | 829 (92) | 94 (85) | 24 (89) | |
Principal Diagnosis
|
3,162 (24) 584 (4) 1,274 (10) 684 (5) 1,983 (15) 527 (4) 468 (4) 1,763 (13) 2,644 (20) |
215 148 162 85 107 82 63 130 190 |
595 186 312 163 390 154 150 345 588 |
1,442 169 533 262 1,011 174 190 811 1,313 |
589 41 179 98 353 57 45 308 411 |
295 28 76 64 108 38 17 145 130 |
25 9 10 8 11 15 1 20 11 |
1 3 2 4 3 7 2 4 1 |
<0.001 |
Charlson Score | 1.9±2.4 | 2.5±2.8 | 2.2±2.6 | 1.7±2.2 | 1.8±2.3 | 2.0±2.4 | 1.9±2.5 | 2.1±2.4 | <0.001 |
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) | 70.7±34.2 | 58±37 | 69±36 | 75±32 | 73±32 | 62±36 | 51±37 | 37±30 | <0.001 |
Na (mmol/L) | 138.6±4.5 | 131.0±5.5 | 136.3±3.2 | 139.4±2.7 | 141.4±2.6 | 142.9±3.3 | 145.6±5.1 | 153.3±8.7 | <0.001 |
K (mmol/L) | 4.3±0.7 | 4.3±0.9 | 4.3±0.7 | 4.3±0.6 | 4.3±0.6 | 4.2±0.8 | 4.1±1.0 | 3.9±0.8 | <0.001 |
HCO3 (mmol/L) | 22.5±3.9 | 24.3±5.2 | 23.7±3.8 | 22.8±3.1 | 21.1±3.0 | 18.9±3.7 | 16.0±4.8 | 15.0±6.4 | <0.001 |
DiffNa-Cl (mmol/L) | 37.4±3.6 | 40.8±4.9 | 38.9±3.1 | 37.3±2.6 | 35.6±2.6 | 33.6±3.2 | 31.3±4.9 | 31.3±7.1 | <0.001 |
Cl: Na ratio | 0.73±0.03 | 0.69±0.03 | 0.72±0.02 | 0.73±0.01 | 0.75±0.01 | 0.77±0.02 | 0.79±0.03 | 0.80±0.04 | <0.001 |
Anion Gap (mmol/L) | 14.9±2.6 | 16.5±4.3 | 15.1±2.8 | 14.6±2.1 | 14.5±2.0 | 14.7±2.3 | 15.2±2.7 | 16.3±3.6 | <0.001 |
Albumin (g/dL), n = 2,710 | 3.6±0.7 | 3.5±0.8 | 3.6±0.6 | 3.8±0.6 | 3.7±0.7 | 3.4±0.7 | 3.4±0.7 | 3.2±0.8 | <0.001 |
Continuous data are presented as mean±SD; categorical data are presented as count (%)