Table 2.

Correlation between total MET min/week, moderate intensity activity, and inflammatory markers, age and duration to negative PCR conversion among mild and moderate COVID patients

	Mild COVID patients (n = 38)				Moderate COVID patients (n = 30)
	Total MET min/week		Moderate intensity activity (min/week)		Total MET min/week		Moderate intensity activity (min/week)
	R	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age (Years)	-0.30	0.069	-0.03	0.856	-0.23	0.221	0.11	0.509
Duration to negative PCR	---	---	---	---	---	---	-0.24	0.204
HEI	-0.05	0.764	0.20	0.239	0.18	0.337	---	---
Lymphocytic count	-0.06	0.723	0.30	0.069	0.35	0.059	0.18	0.290
Lymphocytic (%)	0.07	0.677	0.13	0.423	0.53	0.003**	0.08	0.616
N/R	-0.02	0.903	-0.25	0.126	-0.47	0.009***	-0.16	0.348
CRP	-0.18	0.286	0.07	0.674	-0.35	0.062	0.24	0.151
Ferritin	-0.07	0.644	-0.01	0.967	-0.30	0.110	0.32	0.047*
LDH	-0.18	0.291	-0.12	0.477	-0.10	0.585	-0.08	0.649
d-Dimer	0.01	0.996	-0.05	0.790	-0.27	0.155	0.26	0.113

N/L: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, r is the correlation coefficient & it ranges from − 1 to + 1, p value < 0.05 is considered significant.

*Significant fair positive correlation.

** Significant moderate to good positive correlation.

*** Significant fair negative correlation.