Monocytes as an Early Predictor for Patients with Acute Paraquat Poisoning: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 1

General characteristics upon arrival between survival and mortality groups.

	Non-survival group; (n=64)	Survival group; (n=45)	P value
Age (years)	42.50 (31.75)	33.00 (21.00)	0.060
Gender (male/female)	27/37	20/25	0.815
Time from ingestion to gastric lavage (h)	1.00 (1.00)	1.00 (1.25)	0.627
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, U/L)	32.65 (16.93)	26.60 (10.00)	0.006
Creatinine (μmol/L)	104.00 (69.50)	62.00 (21.00)	<0.001
Alveolar oxygen partial pressure (Pa mmHg)	89.82±10.50	93.90±12.85	0.050
Plasma PQ concentration (ng/mL)	3.65 (8.53)	0.30 (0.85)	<0.001
Monocyte (×10^9/L)	0.72 (0.72)	0.36 (0.16)	<0.001

PQ: paraquat. Note. Continuous variables are presented as means ± SD or median (interquartile range) and categorical variable is presented as number.