Table 4 Biochemical markers associated with mortality among study participants

Hb (g/dl)

 < 5.0

8 (18.2)

36 (81.8)

 5.0–6.9

18 (16.2)

86 (82.7)

 7.0–9.0

41 (16.3)

210 (83.7)

 9.1–11.0

31 (9.9)

282 (90.1)

 > 11.0

8 (5.9)

127 (94.1)

0.007

WBC (× 10³/l)

 < 4

7 (20.0)

28 (80.0)

 4–11

30 (7.8)

355 (92.2)

 > 11

67 (14.9)

383 (85.1)

0.002

Platelets (× 10³/l)

 < 150

35 (16.7)

175 (83.3)

 150–450

52 (10.7)

435 (89.3)

 > 450

17 (9.8)

156 (90.2)

0.052

Serum creatinine (mmol/l)

 < 88

50 (12.5)

351 (87.5)

 > 88

14 (45.2)

17 (54.8)

 < 0.001

CRP (mg/l)

 < 10

26 (8.20

290 (91.8)

 > 10

38 (13.0)

254 (87.0)

0.055

Serum sodium (mmol/l)

 < 125

14 (33.3)

28 (66.7)

 125–135

39 (16.2)

201 (83.8)

 136–145

28 (10.3)

245 (89.7)

 > 145

5 (38.8)

8 (61.5)

 < 0.001

Serum Potassium (mmol/l)

 < 2.5

25 (52.1)

23 (47.9)

 2.5–3.5

11 (9.6)

104 (90.4)

 3.5–5.0

41 (12.7)

282 (87.3)

 > 5.0

7 (9.2)

69 (90.8)

 < 0.001

Blood culture

 Gram positive cocci

6 (9.7)

56 (90.3)

 Gram negative bacilli

2 (14.2)

12 (85.7)

 No growth

26 (20.2)

103 (98.8)

0.200^*