Table 2.
Frequency and percentage of blood sodium level in two groups of COVID-19 patients without underlying disease at the point of admission to hospital
| Group | Frequency and percent | Na+ level in plasma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (135–145 mEq/L) | Hyponatraemia (121–134 mEq/L) | Hypernatraemia (>146 mEq/L) | |||
| ICU | Count | 12 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| % within Na+ | 37.5% | 36.4% | 100.0% | 41.4% | |
| Outpatient | Count | 20 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| % within Na+ | 62.5% | 63.6% | .0% | 58.6% | |
| Total | Count | 32 | 22 | 4 | 58 |
| % within Na+ | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.