Table 1 Baseline laboratory characteristicsaccording to UA tertile

From: The significance of serum uric acid level in humans with acute paraquatpoisoning

Variable

Tertile 1 (n = 70)

Tertile 2 (n = 68)

Tertile 3 (n = 67)

P value

Age (yr)

31.0(24–68)

34.0(14–71)

32.5(15–82)

0.276

Gender (male/female, n)

32/38

32/36

31/36

0.987

Time from ingestion to ER (hr)

6.6 ± 4.9

6.9 ± 7.1

11.6 ± 8.1

0.026

WBC (109/L)

11.5(4.0–28.6)

13.6(4.1–42.3)

14.6(4.8–48.6)

< 0.001

Platelet(109/L)

193.6 ± 74.1

211.6 ± 80.1

206.6 ± 74.1

0.301

Hemoglobin (g/L)

136.6 ± 18.1

137.1 ± 19.2

136.8 ± 20.1

0.872

RDW (%)

12.8(11.4–17.1)

12.6(11.4–20.1)

12.7(11.2–16.2)

0.346

NLR

9.2(1.1–42.1)

9.8 (1.3–53.2)

13.1 (1.6–62.2)

0.031

PT(s)

11.7(9.9–22.1)

11.6(9.5–26.1)

11.8(9.4–29.7)

0.289

Total protein (g/L)

69.6 ± 7.1

69.0 ± 6.5

69.4 ± 7.5

0.802

Albumin(g/L)

44.6 ± 5.1

44.1 ± 4.3

43.2 ± 4.7

0.813

ALT (U/L)

16(5–342)

22(6–405)

23(10–601)

0.030

AST (U/L)

22(11–140)

24(13–463)

28(14–623)

< 0.001

LDH (U/L)

201(112–430)

233(113–650)

238(118–826)

0.004

CK(U/L)

122(42–320)

132(52–733)

149(59–930)

0.027

Creatinine (umol/L)

58(24–169)

67(32–201)

118(42–279)

< 0.001

Potassium (mmol/L)

3.79 ± 0.48

3.52 ± 0.52

3.39 ± 0.57

0.029

PH

7.43(7.25–7.57)

7.41(7.19–7.51)

7.40(7.11–7.50)

0.005

PaCO2 (mmHg)

31.9 ± 6.7

30.7 ± 7.7

28.1 ± 7.2

0.014

PaO2 (mmHg)

101.6 ± 26.7

102.6 ± 31.7

98.6 ± 36.7

0.532

  1. Abbreviations:WBC, white blood cell; RDW, red blood cell distribution width, NLR, neutrophil-lymphocyteratio; PT, prothrombin time; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartateaminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CK, creatine kinase.