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Table 4 Laboratory data at ICU admission

From: Prognostic factors for the short-term mortality of patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to intensive care units

 

30-day mortality

ICU admission day 1

ICU admission day 2

Survivors

(n = 52)

Nonsurvivors (n = 15)

P-value

Survivors

(n = 52)

Nonsurvivors (n = 15)

P value

White blood cell (/μL)

10,346 ± 5830

(8990, 400–25,630)

13,549 ± 7284

(12,000, 4510–33,900)

0.0810

11,433 ± 5106

(10,845, 740–27,740)

13,577 ± 8145

(12,150, 6470–39,990)

0.4890

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.5 ± 2.2

(10.9, 5.8–13.8)

10.5 ± 2.2

(10.1, 7.7–16.0)

0.6572

10.2 ± 1.7

(10.5, 6.8–14.0)

10.3 ± 2.3

(10.2, 5.6–13.9)

0.9281

Platelet (× 103/μL)

178 ± 120

(137, 25–567)

113 ± 93

(111, 20–371)

0.0365

159 ± 110

(126, 16–586)

98 ± 63

(97, 11–211)

0.0446

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

6.3 ± 7.6

(3.9, 0.01–28.7)

11.6 ± 15.0

(7.1, 0.1–51.0)

0.1552

10.1 ± 8.0

(9.3, 0.06–27.0)

11.6 ± 15.2

(7.3, 0.2–58.3)

0.6410

Total protein (g/dL)

6.0 ± 1.1

(6.3, 3.7–8.0)

5.0 ± 1.3

(4.8, 2.0–7.3)

0.0063

5.5 ± 0.9

(5.6, 3.3–7.1)

5.0 ± 0.8

(4.8, 4.0–6.4)

0.0540

Albumin (g/dL)

3.2 ± 0.8

(3.3, 1.4–4.6)

2.4 ± 0.8

(2.3, 0.7–3.8)

0.0016

3.0 ± 0.7

(2.9, 1.5–5.0)

2.7 ± 0.6

(2.8, 1.8–3.7)

0.3947

Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)

27.9 ± 18.0

(22, 4–95)

44.6 ± 34.7

(35, 2–118)

0.0758

28.8 ± 17.8

(24, 10–77)

46.5 ± 30.3

(37, 6–116)

0.0139

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.5 ± 1.5

(0.9, 0.4–7.6)

2.5 ± 2.4

(1.9, 0.6–10.0)

0.0665

1.4 ± 1.2

(0.9, 0.3–5.1)

2.3 ± 1.6

(1.8, 0.7–6.3)

0.0101

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.7

(0.8, 0.1–4.1)

3.6 ± 4.5

(0.9, 0.2–12.7)

0.4973

1.1 ± 0.9

(0.9, 0.2–4.8)

3.7 ± 4.4

(1.4, 0.2–12.1)

0.1398

Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)

367.3 ± 249.6

(314, 112–1439)

506.3 ± 413.7

(409, 206–1953)

0.1011

348.8 ± 166.4

(312, 100–837)

604.0 ± 583.9

(424, 189–2159)

0.1027

PT-INR

1.2 ± 0.2

(1.1, 0.9–2.2)

1.7 ± 1.0

(1.5, 1.1–5.0)

0.0003

1.2 ± 0.5

(1.1, 0.9–4.2)

1.4 ± 0.4

(1.2, 1.0–2.7)

0.0171

  1. Data represent means ± SD (median, range)
  2. ICU intensive care unit, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio