Research Article
Characteristics of Heat Illness during Hajj: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Laboratory profiles of the study’s participants.
| Test | Heatstroke (%) | Heat exhaustion (%) | value |
| High glucose level | 36 (45.0) | 15 (8.5) | 0.004 | High creatinine | 33 (41.3) | 9 (4.8) | <0.001 | Hyponatremia | 21 (26.3) | 18 (9.6) | 0.046 | High BUN | 21 (26.3) | 15 (8.0) | 0.023 | Hypokalemia | 20 (25.0) | 18 (9.6) | 0.045 | Low PLT | 17 (21.3) | 8 (4.3) | 0.003 | Low Hb | 16 (20.0) | 13 (7.0) | 0.037 | High WBC | 13 (16.2) | 12 (6.4) | 0.610 | High CK | 13 (16.3) | 8 (4.3) | 0.044 | High AST | 10 (12.5) | 10 (5.3) | 1.000 | High LDH | 8 (10) | 4 (2.1) | 0.165 | High ALT | 2 (2.5) | 5 (2.7) | 0.390 |
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BUN: blood urea nitrogen; PLT: platelets; Hb: hemoglobin; WBC: white blood cell; CK: creatinine kinase; AST: aspartate transaminase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; ALT: alanine transaminase. value is statistically significant. |