Table 3.
Comparison of baseline characteristics between the two groups
| Parameters |
l-Carnitine group (n=24) Data: mean (SD) |
Control group (n=27) Data: mean (SD) |
P-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 57.46 ± 14.44 | 58.22 ± 15.41 | 0.85 | |
| Sex | Men | 14 | 15 | 0.842 |
| Women | 10 | 12 | ||
| Body weight (kg) (IBW) | 67.91 (10.07) | 65.18 (16.08) | 0.47 | |
| Energy received (kcal) | 898.33 (233.23) | 871.11 (237.24) | 0.68 | |
| Protein (g) | 56.14 (14.57) | 54.44 (14.82) | 0.68 | |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 91.38 (23.78) | 88.54 (24.28) | 0.67 | |
| Fat (g) | 36.49 (9.08) | 35.42 (9.25) | 0.68 | |
| SOFA score | 8.50 (2.43) | 8.25 (2.21) | 0.71 | |
| NUTRIC score | 5.66 (1.60) | 6.11 (1.60) | 0.32 | |
| WBC | 11.54 (10.69) | 10.14 (4.53) | 0.354 | |
| Hb | 10.18 (2.39) | 9.60 (1.69) | 0.321 | |
| PLT | 219.54 (142.56) | 203.74 (91.10) | 0.636 | |
| PT | 15.40 (5.75) | 15.30 (4.55) | 0.943 | |
| PTT | 32.87 (6.98) | 46.29 (43.46) | 0.125 | |
| INR | 1.44 (0.72) | 1.39 (0.54) | 0.808 | |
| FBG | 141.79 (64.53) | 122.85 (59.11) | 0.279 | |
| BUN | 70.58 (63.80) | 66.26 (39.18) | 0.769 | |
| Cr | 1.37 (0.83) | 1.53 (0.76) | 0.467 | |
| Na | 139.29 (9.59) | 137.56 (7.71) | 0.477 | |
| K | 3.97 (0.48) | 3.77 (0.60) | 0.198 | |
| Ca | 8.33 (0.89) | 8.59 (0.50) | 0.229 | |
| Mg | 2.09 (0.34) | 2.19 (0.60) | 0.493 | |
| PH | 3.30 (1.44) | 3.43 (1.15) | 0.722 | |
| ALT (SGPT) | 41.42 (37.65) | 53.53 (68.13) | 0.444 | |
| AST (SGOT) | 52.88 (46.50) | 55.54 (59.06) | 0.860 | |
| Total bilirubin | 1.24 (0.81) | 0.63 (0.21) | 0.001 | |
| Direct bilirubin | 0.57 (0.45) | 0.29 (0.13) | 0.007 | |
| Lactate | 12.93 (6.28) | 10.71 (4.38) | 0.146 | |
| Alb | 3.05 (0.40) | 3.12 (0.48) | 0.608 | |
| Total protein | 5.11 (0.74) | 5.16 (1.07) | 0.858 | |
1Resulted from independent samples t-test for continuous and chi-squared test for categorical variables