Table 5. Hospital mortality in patients with AG ≤12 or >12 mmol/L and with various serum Cl concentrations.
| Outcome | Admission serum chloride level (mmol/L) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <95 | 95–100 | 100–105 | 105–108 | 108–113 | 113–118 | >118 | |
| AG ≤12 (n = 63,630) | |||||||
| Hospital mortality | 80 (3.7) | 139 (1.9) | 238 (0.9) | 122 (0.8) | 119 (1.4) | 40 (2.9) | 18 (8.1) |
| - Model 1: unadjusted | 4.96 (3.71–6.58) | 2.50 (1.96–3.20) | 1.13 (0.91–1.40) | 1 (ref) | 1.79 (1.39–2.31) | 3.88 (2.67–5.52) | 11.47 (6.65–18.70) |
| - Model 2# | 2.87 (2.13–3.85) | 1.59 (1.24–2.05) | 1.06 (0.85–1.33) | 1 (ref) | 1.55 (1.20–2.00) | 2.96 (2.02–4.24) | 6.76 (3.81–11.39) |
| - Model 3: Model 2 and Na | 1.90 (1.30–2.76) | 1.32 (1.002–1.73) | 0.99 (0.79–1.25) | 1 (ref) | 1.62 (1.25–2.09) | 3.29 (2.24–4.74) | 8.28 (4.62–14.09) |
| AG >12 (n = 13,089) | |||||||
| Hospital mortality | 47 (4.0) | 87 (3.0) | 117 (2.0) | 42 (2.0) | 45 (5.0) | 13 (11.8) | 6 (22.2) |
| - Model 1: unadjusted | 2.01 (1.32–3.08) | 1.51 (1.05–2.21) | 0.98 (0.69–1.42) | 1 (ref) | 2.55 (1.66–3.93) | 6.51 (3.26–12.21) | 13.87 (4.89–34.29) |
| - Model 2# | 1.58 (1.02–2.45) | 1.30 (0.89–1.92) | 1.01 (0.71–1.46) | 1 (ref) | 2.11 (1.36–3.27) | 4.14 (1.99–8.13) | 5.87 (1.91–16.20) |
| - Model 3: Model 2 and Na | 0.92 (0.54–1.56) | 0.99 (0.66–1.50) | 0.91 (0.63–1.32) | 1 (ref) | 2.30 (1.48–3.58) | 5.45 (2.59–10.84) | 11.54 (3.59–33.62) |
#model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, Charlson comorbidities score, eGFR and principal diagnosis.