Table 5.

Correlation of basic values of inflammatory factors and lung involvement severity score^*

Biochemical and Inflammatory factors	Correlation coefficient N = 125	P-value
Cystatin C	0.890	< 0.001 **
Creatinine	0.851	< 0.001 **
Ferritin	0.114	0.205
NLR	-0.041	0.654
LDH	0.149	0.097
CRP	0.105	0.244

*Spearman was used for analyzing bivariate correlation;** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level

NLR: neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio

CRP: C-reactive protein

LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase