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Table 1 Demographics and clinical information with measures of significance

From: The impact of hyperkalemia on ICU admission and mortality: a retrospective study of Chinese emergency department data

Variables

Normal Potassium (N = 9,841)

Hyperkalemia (N = 381)

p

Gender

Male

6,396 (65.0%)

235 (61.7%)

0.18

Age (years)

64.0 (52.0,74.0)

69.0 (54.0,79.0)

< 0.01

Admission method

Contacted emergency responders

4,763 (48.4%)

211 (55.4%)

< 0.01

Level of consciousness

Clearer

7,155 (72.7%)

247 (64.8%)

< 0.01

Blurred

1,253 (12.7%)

49 (12.9%)

 

Coma

1,433 (14.6%)

85 (22.3%)

 

Temperature(℃)

36.5 (36.3,36.6)

36.4 (36.2, 36.6)

< 0.01

Heart rates(beats/min)

82.0 (72.0, 98.0)

90.0 (75.0,108.0)

< 0.01

Respiratory rate(breaths/min)

20.0 (20.0,21.0)

20.0 (20.0,22.0)

< 0.01

SBP(mmHg)

139.0 (119.0,161.0)

126.0 (106.0,153.0)

< 0.01

DBP(mmHg)

82.0 (71.0, 95.0)

72.0 (58.0,90.0)

< 0.01

Spo2(%)

96.0 (95.0,98.0)

95.0 (89.0,98.0)

< 0.01

WBC(×109/L)

9.2 (6.8,12.5)

10.9 (7.8,16.0)

< 0.01

NEUT%

80.3 (70.4, 87.5)

84.8 (77.7, 89.5)

< 0.01

Hematocrit

38.5 (33.1, 42.7)

33.4 (26.2, 41.9)

< 0.01

Hemoglobin (g/L)

129.0 (110.0, 143.0)

110.0 (84.0,136.0)

< 0.01

PLT(×109/L)

181.0 (140.0,229.0)

180.0 (131.0,254.0)

0.55

ALT (U/L)

21.0 (14.0,34.9)

22.4 (13.8,50.8)

0.03

AST (U/L)

25.0 (19.0,39.0)

33.0 (19.0,77.7)

< 0.01

Albumin(g/L)

40.4 (36.3, 43.7)

37.4 (32.7,41.8)

< 0.01

TBIL(umol/L)

12.3 (8.6, 18.1)

11.8 (6.5,21.9)

0. 11

Creatinine(umol/L)

70.5 (56.0,92.0)

214.2 (121.0,522.0)

< 0.01

GFR(ml/min/m2)

98.9

28.2

< 0.01

CO2CP(mmol/L)

23.4 (20.9, 25.8)

15.6 (10.0,20.5)

< 0.01

Sodium(mmol/L)

139.0 (136.4,141.0)

135.0 (131.0, 140.0)

< 0.01

Phosphorus(mmol/L)

1.1 (0.9,1.3)

1.8 (1.4,2.7)

< 0.01

Anion Gap

13.0 (9.6,16.6)

20.6 (15.5,28.0)

< 0.01

Osmolality(mmol/L)

282.4 (277.4,288.0)

294.1 (283.7, 311.3)

< 0.01

Glucose(mmol/L)

7.2 (6.0,9.2)

8.3 (6.3, 13.7)

< 0.01

PT(secs.)

13.2 (12.5,14.2)

14.6 (13.0,17.0)

< 0.01

APTT(secs.)

34.1 (30.3, 38.1)

37.4 (33.0,43.1)

< 0.01

Fibrinogen(g/L)

3.3 (2.6, 4.2)

3.9 (2.9,4.9)

< 0.01

Sofa Score

0.0 (0.0,1.0)

1.0 (0.0,1.0)

< 0.01

NEWS Score

2.0 (0.0,5.0)

5.0 (2.0,8.0)

< 0.01

Death

98 (1.0%)

27 (7.1%)

< 0.01

High Risk

1,725 (17.5%)

154 (40.4%)

< 0.01