Variceal hemorrhage: Saudi tertiary center experience of clinical presentations, complications and mortality

Table 2 Mean and SD of the laboratory results of all patients at the time of first admission

Investigation	Minimum	Maximum	mean (SD)	Reference range
CBC
White cell count (K/μL)	1.8	28.10	8.27 (5.12)	3-11
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	1.0	15.70	8.59 (2.53)	12-17
Platelets (K/μL)	24.0	463.00	133.89 (85.63)	100-400
ALT (U/L)	13.0	759.0	75.73 (84.93)	30-65
AST (U/L)	12.0	631.0	90.62 (106.2)	15-37
Albumin (g/L)	10.0	37.0	24.71 (5.88)	35-50
Bilirubin (µmol/L)	5.0	473.0	37.12 (51.82)	0-17
Alkaline phosphate (U/L)	17.0	561.0	141.31 (83.10)	50-136
GGT (U/L)	14.0	889.0	132.03 (143.48)	5-85
Total protein (g/L)	40.0	87.0	64.37 (10.95)	64-82
Prothrombin time (s)	11.2	141.0	18.86 (14.80)	10-14

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; CBC: Complete blood count; GGT: γ glutamyl trasferase.