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Table 3 Laboratory data at admission of patients with methanol intoxication, stratified according to status of renal damage as AKI or non-AKI (N = 50)

From: Acute kidney injury and the risk of mortality in patients with methanol intoxication

Variable

AKI patients

(n = 33)

Non-AKI patients

(n = 17)

All patients

(N = 50)

P value

Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL

22.4 ± 18.1

12.4 ± 4.3

18.8 ± 15.4

0.035*

Creatinine, mg/dL (admission)

2.51 ± 1.24

0.87 ± 0.17

1.97 ± 1.28

0.000***

Creatinine, mg/dL (peak)

3.23 ± 2.00

1.12 ± 0.94

2.54 ± 1.99

0.000***

Methanol level, mg/dL

33.1 ± 77.2

64.5 ± 75.5

43.8 ± 77.4

0.176

Ethanol level, mg/dL

48.6 ± 57.0

71.6 ± 125.3

56.4 ± 85.8

0.390

Arterial blood gas

    

pH

7.055 ± 0.232

7.306 ± 0.190

7.141 ± 0.248

0.000***

pCO2, mmHg

26.5 ± 14.1

36.9 ± 11.1

30.0 ± 13.9

0.011*

pO2, mmHg

110.3 ± 60.0

112.8 ± 58.7

111.2 ± 59.0

0.890

Bicarbonate, mmol/L

8.7 ± 7.3

18.8 ± 6.8

12.2 ± 8.6

0.000***

Base excess, mmol/L

−17.9 ± 10.0

−7.4 ± 9.1

−13.5 ± 10.9

0.001**

Osmolarity, mOsm/kg H2O

341.0 ± 42.1

329.3 ± 26.0

336.9 ± 37.4

0.351

Osmolarity gap, mOsm/kg H2O

50.5 ± 84.2

37.3 ± 28.4

44.7 ± 65.0

0.624

Anion gap, mmol/L

33.4 ± 14.8

16.3 ± 7.3

27.2 ± 15.0

0.000***

Calcium, mEq/L

7.7 ± 0.9

7.5 ± 0.9

7.7 ± 0.9

0.526

Sodium, mEq/L

138.1 ± 6.1

141.7 ± 3.1

139.3 ± 5.5

0.029*

Potassium, mEq/L

4.6 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 0.6

4.2 ± 1.1

0.001*

Chloride, mEq/L

96.8 ± 8.9

106.9 ± 3.5

100.6 ± 8.8

0.000***

Amylase, mg/dL

137.8 ± 84.0

294.3 ± 477.4

182.5 ± 250.7

0.310

Lipase, mg/dL

179.1 ± 206.4

39.5 ± 14.0

154.8 ± 194.4

0.199

Albumin, g/dL

3.05 ± 1.01

3.57 ± 0.69

3.26 ± 0.91

0.297

Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L

303.7 ± 507.1

50.3 ± 37.9

245.2 ± 455.6

0.240

Alanine aminotransferase, U/L

96.4 ± 122.1

32.0 ± 24.7

73.9 ± 103.6

0.060

Random glucose, mg/dL

223.6 ± 145.5

126.6 ± 34.1

183.0 ± 121.8

0.026*

White blood cell count, 1000/μL

16.2 ± 9.7

11.6 ± 6.1

14.6 ± 8.8

0.077

Haemoglobin, g/dL

13.2 ± 3.1

14.0 ± 1.6

13.5 ± 2.7

0.311

Platelet count, 1000/μL

192.2 ± 109.6

242.9 ± 68.4

209.4 ± 99.8

0.089

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001