Table 6 Admission biochemistry laboratory variables for the three study sites

Sodium mmol/L^{, d S}

764

135.4 (93.8-155.0)

419

137.8 (94–155)

16

136.5 (130–141)

328

133 (111–146)

Potassium mmol/L^{, e S}

761

3.81 (1.2-7.51)

417

3.8 (1.2-7.5)

16

3.70 (3.3-4.3)

331

3.9 (1.8-7.1)

Creatinine μmol/L ^{f S}

880

105.6 (35.2-1056)

475

114 (35–1056)

74

97 (66–202)

334

106 (39–836)

Urea mmol/L ^{g S}

892

19.5 (3.5-226.5)

484

6.5 (1.5-56)

74

6.7 (2.5-18.7)

334

7.7 (1.3-81)

Urea mmol/L:creatinine μmol/L ratio

879

0.070 (0.005-0.256)

474

0.060 (0.005-0.244)

74

0.067 (0.022-0.014)

331

0.078 (0.021-0.026)

Total bilirubin μmol/L ^{b,h, S}

859

28.9 (26.8 - 31.0)

456

23.6 (21.1-26.4)

73

29.4 (24.5-35.2)

330

38.0 (34.6-41.8)

Direct bilirubin μmol/L ^{I, S}

847

8.5 (0.3-488.6)

451

8.5 (0.3-487)

72

6.1 (1.5-152)

324

9.9 (1.0-389)

Alkaline phosphatase IU/L ^{b,j, S}

844

43.2 (41.1-45.3)

442

31.5 (29.8-33.3)

73

34.9 (31.9-38.2)

329

69.2 (64.2-74.6)

AST IU/L ^{k, S}

858

41 (0.4-1795)

455

33 (5–210)

73

43 (0.4-183)

330

52 (10–1795)

ALT IU/L ^{b,l, S}

856

20.7 (19. 5–22.0)

456

19.2 (17.6-21.1)

73

24.5 (21.3-28.2)

327

22.2 (20.4-24.1)

Albumin g/L ^{a,m, S}

862

33.7 (33.2-34.2)

459

31.9 (31.2-32.7)

73

38.6 (37.0-40.1)

330

35.0 (34.3-35.7)

Calcium (uncorrected) mmol/L ^{a,n, S}

397

2.06 (1.47-2.56)

0

-

73

2.12 (2.09-2.15)

324

2.05 (2.04-2.07)

Phosphate mmol/L^b,o,S

291

0.82 (0.32-2.65)

0

-

73

1.19 (0.32-1.87)

218

0.81 (0.32-2.65)

Bicarbonate mmol/L ^{a,p, S}

687

20.5 (20.2-20.8)

348

21.0 (20.5-21.4)

16

20.4 (18.9-22.0)

323

20.0 (19.4-20.5)

Chloride mmol/L ^{a,q, S}

752

102.2 (101.7-102.7)

407

103.7 (103.0-104.3)

16

103.3 (101.2-105.3)

329

100.2 (99.6-100.8)

Glucose mmol/L ^{r, P}

846

6.4 (0.7-37. 5)

447

6.2 (1.5-38)

70

6.2 (3.5-25)

329

7.3 (0.7-31.1)

Lactate mmol/L ^{s, P}

805

2.7 (0.3-27.6)

414

2.7 (0.4-28)

74

2.2 (0.9-16)

317

2.8 (0.3-22)