| Variable |
Well nourished |
Mild to moderate |
Severe |
Total |
P-value |
| Serum creatinine |
1.000a |
| High |
5 (100%) |
52 (98%) |
17 (100%) |
74 (99%) |
| Normal |
0 (0%) |
1 (20%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (1%) |
| Serum calcium |
| Hypocalcemia |
2 (40%) |
22 (42%) |
9 (53%) |
33 (44%) |
0.791a |
| Normal |
3 (60%) |
31 (58%) |
8 (47%) |
42 (56%) |
| Sodium |
| Hypematemia |
0 (0%) |
1 (2%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (2%) |
0.769a |
| Hypenatemia |
5 (100%) |
48 (91%) |
17 (100%) |
70 (93%) |
| Normal |
0 (0%) |
4 (7%) |
0 (0%) |
4 (5%) |
| Potassium |
| Hyperkalemia |
0 (0%) |
18 (34%) |
5 (29%) |
23 (31%) |
0.564a |
| Hypokalemia |
0 (0%) |
2 (4%) |
1 (6%) |
3 (4%) |
| Normal |
5 (100%) |
33 (62%) |
11 (65%) |
49 (65%) |
|
| Phosphate |
|
|
|
|
|
| High |
3 (60%) |
14 (26%) |
11 (65%) |
28 (37%) |
0.009**a |
| Normal |
2 (40%) |
39 (74%) |
6 (35%) |
47 (63%) |
|
| Albumin |
| Low |
3 (60%) |
33 (62%) |
16 (94%) |
52 (69%) |
0.023*a |
| Normal |
2 (40%) |
20 (38%) |
1 (6%) |
23 (31%) |
| Packed Cell volume |
| Anemia |
5 (100%) |
52 (98%) |
17 (100%) |
74 (99%) |
1.000a |
| Normal |
0 (0%) |
1 (2%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
*P value ≤ 0.05 was significant, **p value ≤ 0.01 was significant: Fisher –exact test.
*Normal value:S.creatinine (53-97 μmol/l), S.Potassium (3.5-5.3 μmol/l),
S.Phosphate (0.8-1.6 μmol/l), and S.Albumin (35-52 g/l) |
