Table 1.
Patient characteristicsa
Thiamine n = 34 |
No Thiamine n = 19 |
P-value | |
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Demographics | |||
Age (years) | 57 (49, 64) | 62 (44, 68) | 0.74 |
Gender (female) | 11 (32) | 8 (42) | 0.56 |
Race (white) | 23 (68) | 10 (53) | 0.47 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28 (22, 33) | 25 (24, 26) | 0.19 |
Alcohol use disordersb | |||
Alcohol dependence syndrome | 26 (76) | 13 (68) | 0.53 |
Alcoholic liver disease | 22 (65) | 11 (58) | 0.77 |
Alcohol-induced mental disorders | 5 (15) | 0 (0) | 0.15 |
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0.36 |
Co-morbidities | |||
Heart failure | 5 (15) | 2 (11) | 1.00 |
Hypertension | 18 (53) | 8 (42) | 0.57 |
Diabetes | 8 (24) | 5 (26) | 1.00 |
Renal disease | 3 (9) | 3 (16) | 0.65 |
Liver disease | 23 (68) | 11 (58) | 0.56 |
COPD | 7 (21) | 2 (11) | 0.46 |
Laboratory values | |||
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.0 (10.2, 13.5) | 10.7 (8.1, 13.8) | 0.83 |
White blood cells (103) | 10.8 (5.2, 14.0) | 11.7 (9.0, 17.0) | 0.17 |
Bicarbonate (mEq/L) | 15 (11, 19) | 16 (12, 21) | 0.43 |
Lactate (mmol/L) | 7.1 (5.2, 10.2) | 7.9 (5.5, 10.5) | 0.67 |
Platelets (103) | 92 (53, 159) | 178 (80, 280) | 0.04 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 2.0 (1.1, 3.1) | 1.6 (1.3, 3.5) | 0.60 |
Glucose (mg/dL) | 119 (83, 170) | 133 (103, 202) | 0.37 |
Potassium (mEq/L) | 4.2 (3.7, 4.7) | 4.4 (3.8, 4.9) | 0.56 |
AST (IU/L) | 153 (34, 611) | 131 (39, 206) | 0.84 |
ALT (IU/L) | 49 (20, 174) | 64 (34, 91) | 0.59 |
Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 4.2 (1.0, 8.7) | 1.9 (0.7, 5.4) | 0.50 |
Interventions/Vital signs | |||
Intubated | 27 (79) | 18 (95) | 0.23 |
SOFA score | 11 (8, 16) | 12 (10, 13) | 0.54 |
Categorical variables are presented as count (frequency) and continuous variables as median (quartiles). Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; SOFA, sepsis-related organ failure assessment.
Patients may have more than one diagnosis of alcohol use disorder (see Table S1 in the Supplement).