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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2023 Feb 3;139:104306. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104306

Table 2.

Lab pairs that are more strongly associated during later parts of admission and their implications

Pair of Labs # of Sites Median Slope (Min, Max) Implication
LDH, Fibrinogen 6 0.591 (0.439, 1.608) Suspicion of infection
Fibrinogen, D-dimer 6 0.629 (0.4, 1.843) Suspicion of coagulopathy
Fibrinogen, Procalcitonin 7 0.489 (0.341, 1.6) Suspicion of coagulopathy with cardiac involvement
LDH, Albumin 6 0.5725 (0.33, 0.918) Suspicion of severe COVID-related outcome
LDH, Bilirubin 6 0.6685 (0.347, 0.882) Suspicion of liver involvement
LDH, ALT 6 0.572 (0.348, 0.698) Suspicion of liver involvement
LDH, AST 6 0.541 (0.342, 0.688) Suspicion of liver involvement
Procalcitonin, Ferritin 7 0.698 (0.364, 1.787) Differential diagnosis- COVID-pneumonia vs. bacterial pneumonia
Procalcitonin, D-dimer 6 0.7325 (0.657, 1.7) Suspicion of severe COVID-related outcome