Table 3. Laboratory Parameters.
| Laboratory parameters Mean ± SD (n) (units) |
Survivors N = 187 |
Non-survivors N = 16 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serum lactic dehydrogenase (unit/L) | 346 ± 227 (N = 81) | 2,113 ± 1,476 (N = 4) | T = 9.627; P = 0.0001 |
| Serum haptoglobin (mg/dL) | 169 ± 126 (N = 29) | 132 ± 120 (N = 3) | T = 0.486; P = 0.631 |
| Serum creatinine kinase (unit/L) | 558 ± 1,645 (N = 106) | 1,029 ± 2,780 (N = 16) | T = 0.962; P = 0.338 |
| Serum blood urea nitrogen | 25 ± 20 | 54 ± 40 | T = 5.032; P = 0.0001 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.3 ± 1.0 | 3.3 ± 3 | T = 6.076; P = 0.0001 |
| White blood cells (k/µL) | 13.7 ± 7.0 | 22.7 ± 9.1 | T = 4.814; P = 0.0001 |
| Platelets (k/µL) | 269 ± 134 | 241 ± 126 | T = 0.806; P = 0.421 |
| Serum aspartate transaminase (unit/L) | 84 ± 260 (N = 169) | 1,789 ± 305 (N = 16) | T = 7.179; P = 0.0001 |
| Serum alkaline transaminase (unit/L) | 59 ± 203 (N = 169) | 566 ± 936 (N = 16) | T = 5.853; P = 0.0001 |
| Troponin T (ng/mL) | 1.0 ± 0.3 (N = 39) | 0.45 ± 0.64 (N = 11) | T = 2.591; P = 0.013 |
| Mycoplasma IgM titers (U/mL) | 1,555 ± 1,127 | 1,366 ± 582 | T = 0.662; P = 0.509 |