Table 2 Mann-Whitney U test comparing median between the group that survived and the group that succumbed
From: Methanol outbreak: a Malaysian tertiary hospital experience
Laboratory blood parameters | Median | IQR | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Serum pH | |||
Alive | 7.090 | 0.09 | < 0.001 |
Dead | 6.685 | 0.14 | |
Serum bicarbonate | |||
Alive | 9.300 | 2.20 | < 0.001 |
Dead | 4.400 | 2.50 | |
Serum lactate | |||
Alive | 1.500 | 1.60 | < 0.001 |
Dead | 9.500 | 4.90 | |
Serum potassium | |||
Alive | 4.600 | 1.10 | 0.003 |
Dead | 5.850 | 2.70 | |
Serum glucose | |||
Alive | 7.300 | 2.10 | < 0.060 |
Dead | 10.800 | 8.00 | |
Haematocrit | |||
Alive | 54.900 | 4.100 | 0.630 |
Dead | 52.050 | 5.500 | |
Anion gap | |||
Alive | 27.400 | 9.200 | 0.004 |
Dead | 37.050 | 7.000 | |
Osmolar gap | |||
Alive | 53.000 | 57.00 | 0.001 |
Dead | 108.000 | 32.30 | |
Measured serum osmolarity | |||
Alive | 330.000 | 55.00 | 0.001 |
Dead | 397.000 | 47.00 | |
Time to haemodialysis | |||
Alive | 13.500 | 57.50 | 0.106 |
Dead | 9.5500 | 17.50 | |