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. 2022 May 27;17(1):33. doi: 10.5334/gh.1113

Table 1.

Patients’ baseline clinical characteristics by study group.


CHARACTERISTICS WITHOUT DR GROUP (n = 15,444) WITH DR GROUP (n = 3,383) p VALUE

Demographic

      Gender(Male),n(%) 9,389(60.8%) 1,920(56.8%) <0.001

      Age 66.84 ± 15.40 67.01 ± 16.86 0.013

Comorbidities,n(%)

      Hypokalemia 2,351(15.2%) 657(19.4%) <0.001

      Hyponatremia 1,839(11.9%) 850(25.1%) <0.001

      Tumor 845(5.5%) 187(5.5%) 0.896

      Pulmonary infection 1,486(9.6%) 631(18.7%) <0.001

      Hyperlipidemia disease 1,135(7.3%) 154(4.6%) <0.001

      Hypertension 3,664(23.7%) 762(22.5%) 0.136

      T2DM 4,405(28.5%) 1,121(33.1%) <0.001

      kidney disease 1,140(7.4%) 575(17.0%) <0.001

Physical

      BMI 24.34 ± 4.07 23.98 ± 4.23 <0.001

      DBP(mmHg) 74.06 ± 12.76 73.27 ± 13.78 <0.001

      SBP(mmHg) 129.49 ± 20.30 127.69 ± 23.05 <0.001

Laboratory Results

      C-reactive protein assay(mg/dl) 1.91(0.34–2.72)* 2.51(0.53–4.0)* <0.001

      Glutamyl transferase(U/L) 35.6(21.4–62.05)* 47.7(25.1–87.2)* <0.001

      Neutrophil (%) 0.67 ± 0.12 0.74 ± 0.14 <0.001

      Lactate dehydrogenase(U/L) 189.5(158.2–247.5)* 242.5(188.1–327.9)* <0.001

      Carbon dioxide (mmol/L) 25.89 ± 3.78 24.86 ± 4.98 <0.001

      LDL-C(mmol/L) 2.34 ± 0.79 2.27 ± 0.92 <0.001

      IN Ratio 1.21 ± 0.51 1.35 ± 0.75 <0.001

      Aspartate aminotransferase(U/L) 20.3(15.7–28.9)* 23.3(16.5–38.3)* <0.001

      Mean RBC volume (fL) 91.46 ± 6.17 91.43 ± 6.91 0.72

      RBC hemoglobin concen.(g/L) 332.26 ± 14.42 329.83 ± 16.25 <0.001

      TC(mmol/L) 3.98 ± 1.02 3.88 ± 1.21 <0.001

      Total protein(g/L) 66.63 ± 7.47 64.02 ± 9.33 <0.001

      Inorganic phosphorus (mmol/L) 1.16(0.98–1.27)* 1.17(0.96–1.35)* <0.001

      Chloride (mmol/L) 102.97 ± 5.14 101.47 ± 6.48 <0.001

      Lymphocyte (%) 0.24 ± 0.10 0.18 ± 0.11 <0.001

      WBC (10e9/L) 6.6(5.27–8.2)* 7.46(5.54–10.23)* <0.001

      Direct bilirubin (umol/L) 4.4(2.9–7.2)* 5.3(2.9–10.5)* <0.001

      AP (U/L) 70.3(56.6–84.4)* 77.4(60.2–100.6)* <0.001

      RDW (%) 14.14 ± 1.89 15.02 ± 2.31 <0.001

      HCT (%) 0.38 ± 0.07 0.35 ± 0.08 <0.001

      RBC (10e12/L) 4.18 ± 0.77 3.81 ± 0.89 <0.001

      Creatinine (umol/L) 92.31 ± 41.26 117.43 ± 59.14 <0.001

      Troponin T (ng/mL) 0.04(0.02–0.31)* 0.05(0.02–0.20)* <0.001

      pro-BNP (pg/mL) 3238(867.2–6726.3)* 6470(2230–10513)* <0.001

      Glucose (mmol/L) 6.60 ± 2.92 7.62 ± 3.88 <0.001

      PLT (10e9/L) 193.47 ± 76.81 184.17 ± 88.51 <0.001

      D-dimer (μg/mL) 1.88 ± 2.97 3.27 ± 4.21 <0.001

      PT (s) 15.01 ± 4.03 16.27 ± 5.75 <0.001

      PTA (%) 77.40 ± 16.12 71.76 ± 18.51 <0.001

      FIB (mg/dL) 3.59(2.92–4.65)* 3.88(2.99–5.09)* <0.001

      Serum albumin (g/L) 37.57 ± 4.98 34.38 ± 5.69 <0.001

      HGB (g/L) 126.90 ± 23.74 114.58 ± 27.19 <0.001

      Serum calcium (mmol/L) 2.22 ± 0.16 2.15 ± 0.20 <0.001

      Serum natrium (mmol/L) 139.86 ± 4.61 138.09 ± 5.76 <0.001

      MCH (pg) 30.39 ± 2.41 30.17 ± 2.70 <0.001

      Thrombin time (s) 17.11 ± 4.38 17.45 ± 4.72 0.01

      Amylase (U/L) 72.4(47.2–73.6)* 54.5(37.4–73.6)* <0.001

      Creatine kinase isoenzymes (ng/mL) 3.77(1.86–9.23)* 3.39(1.96–9.23)* 0.011

      eGFR (min * 1.73 m2) 68.37 ± 31.37 57.37 ± 33.95 <0.001

      CRF Staging

            I 2925(18.9%) 474(14.0%) 0.010

            II 5933(38.4%) 837(24.7%) <0.001

            III 5469(35.4%) 1327(39.2%) 0.013

            IV 1117(7.2%) 745(22.0%) <0.001

PCI surgery (YES), n(%) 2119(13.7%) 303(9.0%) <0.001

Death in-hospital (YES), n(%) 523(3.4%) 728(21.5%) <0.001

* Presented as median (interquartile range).

Categorical variables are presented as n (%). Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation. AP, alkaline phosphatase; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; D-dimer, plasma D-dimer assay; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FBG, fasting blood glucose; FIB, plasma fibrinogen; HCT, hematocrit; HGB, hemoglobin determination; IN ratio, international normalized ratio; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin;CRF, chronic renal failure; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PLT, platelet count; pro-BNP, pro-brain natriuretic peptide; PT, plasma prothrombin time determination; PTA, plasma prothrombin activity; RBC, red blood cell count; RDW, red blood cell volume distribution width; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; T2MD, type 2 diabetes mellitus; WBC, white blood cell count.