Table 1.

The baseline parameters of the patients in Groups A and B

Patient’s demographic	Group A (15 mg/kg)	Group B (25 mg/kg)	P-value
Age (years)	71.38±6.33	74.73±9.1	0.443
Sex (men/total)	12/18	9/15	0.357
Baseline APACHE II score	16.00±4.6	16.26±4.43	0.965
Baseline Cr (mL/min)	65.43±20.15	56.09±12.94	0.187
IBW (kg)	60.72±11.48	56.53±8.32	0.279

Note: Data is presented as mean ± SD, except for sex.

Abbreviations: APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CrCl, creatinine clearance; IBW, ideal body weight.