The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 1 Baseline data of the studied patients

From: Role of lactate level in predicting admission need to intensive care unit and short term outcomes in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding

	Blood lactate level		P value
	Normal (n = 100)	Elevated (n = 200)	P value
Age (years)	46.14 ± 15.91	61.30 ± 10.72	< 0.001
Sex			0.34
Male	71 (71%)	136 (68%)
Female	29 (29%)	64 (32%)
Diabetes mellitus	28 (28%)	42 (21%)	0.11
Hypertension	32 (32%)	51 (25.5%)	0.14
Liver cirrhosis	62 (62%)	120 (60%)	0.41
ESRD	34 (34%)	60 (30%)	0.28
IHD	4 (4%)	16 (8%)	0.58
No comorbidities	28 (28%)	4 (2%)	< 0.001

Data expressed as number (percentage) or mean ± SD. P-value considered significant if < 0.05; ESRD end stage renal disease, IHD ischemic heart disease

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