Table 3: Candidate laboratory markers of dehydration.

Patient data Clinically euvolemic (no 51) Likely dehydrated (no 13)
Serum sodium mEq/L 137.2 (SD 3.2) 137.7 (SD 2.2)
Serum ureamg/Dl 53.8 (SD27) 54.5 (SD 18.9)
Serum creatinine mg/Dl 0.75 (SD 0.5) 0.73 (SD 0.28)
Serum urea creatinine ratio 79.3 (SD 35) 81 (SD 32/9)
Serum urea creatinine ratio > 49% of patients 82 89
eGFR*mL/min/1.73 m2 92.1 (SD 28.9) 89 (SD 24.7)
Serum albumin g/Dl 3.2 (SD 0.4) 3.07 (SD 0.4)
Blood hemoglobin g/Dl 11.3 (SD 1.4) 10 (SD 1.7)
Hemoglobin recent increase** number of patients 2 2

*eFGR by CKD-EPI formula; **Hemoglobin increase by > 1 g/Dl intergroup differences are not significant at p < 0.05.