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Table 5 The impact of K level on admission on disease severity and clinical course

From: Transient decrease in serum potassium level during ischemic attack of acute coronary syndrome: Paradoxical contribution of plasma glucose level and glycohemoglobin

 

K≧4.1 (n = 169)

K < 4.1 (n = 142)

 

Time of hospital stay (days)

11.6 ± 9.5

13.2 ± 10.3

NS

Myocardial Infarction

88 (52.1%)

95 (66.9%)

P = 0.011

Peak Creatine Kinase (U/L)

1343.5 ± 1853.7

1838.3 ± 2296.3

P = 0.04

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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