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Table 2 Mean Baseline Laboratory Values of Cirrhosis Patients Admitted to UC Davis Health System, January 2013 to January 2018

From: Racial disparities of Black Americans hospitalized for decompensated liver cirrhosis

Characteristics

Whites

(N = 241)

Hispanics

(N = 106)

Blacks

(N = 50)

API

(N = 27)

Other

(N = 39)

P value

Platelet ± SD

120.0 ± 75.1

104.1 ± 70.0

108.6 ± 60.9

114.1 ± 95.2

98.0 ± 51.4

0.19

Albumin ± SD

2.8 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.9

2.6 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.7

0.04

Sodium ± SD

135.7 ± 5.4

135.9 ± 4.7

136.0 ± 5.2

137.7 ± 4.8

135.7 ± 5.0

0.39

Creatinine ± SD

1.6 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.9

2.5 ± 2.4

1.4 ± 1.0

1.4 ± 1.1

0.03

Total bilirubin ± SD

5.8 ± 9.3

5.4 ± 7.7

5.5 ± 7.7

4.2 ± 8.1

4.7 ± 7.8

0.63

INR ± SD

1.6 ± 0.8

1.5 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.6

1.4 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

0.60

MELD-Na ± SD

26.4 ± 9.5

29.1 ± 8.5

28.7 ± 9.3

24.2 ± 10.0

26.6 ± 9.3

0.02

  1. API Asian and Pacific Islander, INR International normalized ratio, MELD-Na Model for End Stage Liver Disease-Sodium