Table 2.
Granulocyte and lymphoid population levels in COVID-19 patients.
| Cell population | Determinations | Discharge from ES |
Exitus from ES/ICU admission |
P value (Between groups) |
P value (Between determinations) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granulocytes | Hospitalization | 6290 (5790-7250) | 5885 (4260-7460) |
0.6945 | Discharge | <0.0001 |
| One week later | 7375 (6270-9555) | 10220 (7460-10810) |
0.0064 | Exitus/ICU | 0.0012 | |
| Total lymphocytes | Hospitalization | 1035 (920-1290) | 670 (500-950) | 0.0008 | Discharge | <0.0001 |
| One week later | 1265 (1040-1520) | 560 (330-1270) | 0.0005 | Exitus/ICU | 0.5300 | |
| T cells | Hospitalization | 625 (488-710) | 425 (265-623) | 0.0124 | Discharge | <0.0001 |
| One week later | 794 (653-1044) | 287 (220-790) | 0.0003 | Exitus/ICU | 0.9460 | |
| B cells | Hospitalization | 139 (124-166) | 95 (45-149) | 0.0084 | Discharge | <0.0001 |
| One week later | 198 (156-280) | 119 (45-193) | 0.0132 | Exitus/ICU | 0.0681 | |
| NK cells | Hospitalization | 206 (166-249) | 163 (91-216) | 0.0231 | Discharge | 0.0002 |
| One week later | 179 (147-209) | 85 (29-140) | <0.0001 | Exitus/ICU | 0.0005 | |
| CD4+ T cells | Hospitalization | 388 (298-447) | 212 (152-372) | 0.0094 | Discharge | <0.0001 |
| One week later | 493 (400-639) | 193 (138-552) | 0.0014 | Exitus/ICU | 0.2734 | |
| CD8+ T cells | Hospitalization | 188 (147-223) | 127 (81-228) | 0.0455 | Discharge | 0.0022 |
| One week later | 221 (185-328) | 96 (67-169) | 0.0001 | Exitus/ICU | 0.0398 | |
Cell concentrations are represented as median and 95% confidence intervals of cells per microliter. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) appear in italics.