Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics in each group.

From: Assessment of pit viper associated subclinical myocardial injury by speckle tracking imaging

Characteristics

Healthy Controls

Snakebite patients

Subgroups

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Numbers

34

37

25

7

5

Age (y)

51.96 ± 15.83

56.30 ± 13.12

51.48 ± 15.09

52.86 ± 9.12

51.40 ± 14.72

Sex (male, %)

20(58.8)

17(45.9)

12(48)

3(42.9)

2(66.7)

BSA (m2)

1.63 ± 0.15

1.62 ± 0.18

1.61 ± 0.14

1.68 ± 0.20

1.66 ± 0.12

SBP (mmHg)

127.35 ± 14.96

125.28 ± 14.10

124.92 ± 11.49

128.00 ± 7.46

118.60 ± 9.10

DBP (mmHg)

78.46 ± 8.77

76.04 ± 9.31

77.84 ± 7.57

82.00 ± 13.54

76.60 ± 6.73

Bite site (lower limbs, %)

 

17(54)

14(56)

3(42.9)

3(60)

Interval between bite and admission (h)

 

9.89 ± 4.75

9.89 ± 3.97

10 ± 5.15

9.12 ± 4.45

Average hospitalization days (d)

 

7.17 ± 3.45

7.41 ± 4.26

8.41 ± 3.02

7.21 ± 4.02

  1. Data are expressed as the Median (IQR). BSA, body surface area; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.