Table 11: Other Routine investigations vs. Study group.
S. No. | Investigations | All subjects (n = 122) | Sepsis (n = 62) | Control (n = 60) | p-value |
1 | Hemoglobin (< 10 gm/dl) | 86 (65%) | 45 (70) | 41 (60%) | 0.270 |
2 | Sodium < 135 mEq/L (hyponatremia) | 51 (39%) | 34 (47%) | 17 (31%) | 0.020 |
3 | Potassium < 3.5 mEq/L (hypokalemia) | 53 (43%) | 32 (51%) | 21 (36%) | 0.327 |
4 | S protein (< 6 gm/dl) | 18 (15%) | 12 (20%) | 6 (10%) | 0.248 |