Correcting Hypokalemia in Hospitalized Patients Does Not Decrease Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Table 1

Characteristics of the study cohort with associated values for each characteristic.

	All	Uncorrected	Corrected	value
Average age	62.92	63.75	61.80	0.02
Male	519	206	313	0.09
History of HFrEF	53	24	29	0.08
Average initial potassium (mEq/L)	3.09	3.07	3.12	0.000
Average potassium after 24 hrs (mEq/L)	3.42	3.12	3.82
Average amount received (mEq)	50.36	45.83	56.46	0.000
Number of arrhythmias	22	8	14