Table 2.
Spearman Correlation test on the tested biomarkers correlated by the severity of COVID-19, gender, and virus variant.
| IL-6 | LDH | CRP | Ferritin | D-Dimer | Procalcitonin | The Severity of COVID-19 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-6 | r | 1.000 | 0.484 | 0.519 | 0.430 | 0.456 | 0.315 | 0.624 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.040 | 0.000 | ||
| LDH | r | 0.484 | 1.000 | 0.572 | 0.549 | 0.366 | 0.202 | 0.645 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.211 | 0.000 | ||
| CRP | r | 0.519 | 0.572 | 1.000 | 0.489 | 0.489 | 0.451 | 0.537 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | ||
| Ferritin | r | 0.430 | 0.549 | 0.489 | 1.000 | 0.478 | 0.134 | 0.510 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.422 | 0.000 | ||
| D-dimer | r | 0.456 | 0.366 | 0.489 | 0.478 | 1.000 | 0.117 | 0.416 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.504 | 0.000 | ||
| The severity of the disease | r | 0.624 | 0.645 | 0.537 | 0.510 | 0.416 | 0.458 | 1.000 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
IL-6—interleukin-6; CRP—C-reactive protein; LDH—lactate dehydrogenase; highlighted p values are statistically significant.