Clinicopathological spectrum of snake bite-induced acute kidney injury from India

Table 5 Comparison of demographic and laboratory results between survival and non survival group (n = 88)

	Survived (n = 79)	Died (n = 9)	P value
Age (yr)	43 ± 15.7	39 ± 12.2	0.460a
Sex
Male, n (%)	34 (43)	2 (22.2)	0.299c
Female, n (%)	45 (57)	7 (77.8)
Duration at arrival (d)	3.4 ± 3.9	2.9 ± 0.8	0.536b
Duration of hospital stay (d)	12.9 ± 7.2	8.8 ± 11.4	0.012b
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.6 ± 2.7	8.9 ± 2.4	0.435a
WBC count (× 103/mm3)	14.5 ± 7.3	19.7 ± 7.5	0.023b
Platelets (× 103/mm3)	119 ± 57	95 ± 67	0.218
Urea (mg/dL)	167 ± 78	186 ± 43	0.466
Creatinine (mg/dL)	7 ± 4.1	7 ± 2	0.997
Sodium (mEq/L)	135 ± 8	138 ± 4.6	0.182
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.8 ± 0.8	5.1 ± 1.2	0.392
Albumin (g/dL)	3.3 ± 0.4	3 ± 0.3	0.005
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.2 ± 1.1	3.1 ± 2.2	0.006b
AST (U/L)	141 ± 283	254 ± 398	0.231b
ALT (U/L)	101 ± 158	156 ± 200	0.102b
ALP (U/L)	90 ± 67	122 ± 54	0.057b
CK (U/L)	1811 ± 3762	4069 ± 7181	0.298b
LDH (U/L)	1106 ± 1027	1684 ± 732	0.052b

^aIndependent samples t-test, sig. (2-tailed);

^bMann-Whitney U test, Sig. (2-tailed), non parametric independent samples test;

^cχ² with Fisher’s Extact test Exact sig. (2-sided). ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; CK: Creatine kinase; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase.