Table 3.

Laboratory Data of the Patients with Viral Pneumonia and Other Diseases.

Factors	Viral pneumonia	Other diseases	p value
	( n=53 )	( n=56 )
WBC (/mm3)	9,000.0 (2,400-27,200)	8,100.0 (4,000-19,800)	0.2474
Neutrophils (/mm3)	7,200.0 (470-25,900)	6,000.0 (2,800-15,700)	0.0722
Lymphocytes (/mm3)	1,200.0 (400-4,000)	1,300.0 (600-3,300)	0.5126
Eosinophils (/mm3)	100.0 (0-700)	200.0 (0-10,600)	0.1135
Monocytes (/mm3)	500.0 (100-1,000)	400.0 (0-1,500)	0.6383
Basophils (/mm3)	0.0 (0-100)	0.0 (0-100)	0.2857
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.90 (10-17.4)	12.45 (8.6-17.6)	0.4030
Platelets (/mm3)	28.20 (10.8-56)	28.55 (12.9-80.1)	0.4407
AST (IU/L)	31.0 (16-305)	28.5 (10-109)	0.0458
ALT (IU/L)	22.0 (8-205)	20.5 (8-73)	0.0178
LDH (IU/L)	238.0 (136-936)	260.0 (108-719)	0.3099
CRP (mg/dL)	9.850 (0.09-46.8)	3.040 (0.11-23.2)	0.0006
PCT* (ng/mL)	0.090 (0.03-72.41)	0.075 (0-1.28)	0.1789
KL-6* (U/mL)	365.0 (100-1,881)	437.0 (98-3,954)	0.0419
BAL fluid
Cell numbers* (×103/mm3)	0.530 (0.03-3.77)	0.480 (0.04-8.01)	0.9794
Macrophages* (%)	36.30 (0.5-93.5)	36.30 (6.2-150)	0.5199
Neutrophils* (%)	8.00 (0.3-77)	6.30 (0-90.4)	0.4434
Lymphocytes* (%)	35.90 (2.1-84.8)	34.70 (0.3-88.9)	0.7481
Eosinophils* (%)	2.10 (0-19.2)	2.30 (0-80.9)	0.0135
CD4/8 ratio* (%)	1.400 (0.05-10.57)	1.600 (0.1-14.17)	0.7560

Values are expressed as median (minimum-maximum). *Number of cases with viral pneumonia/other diseases in which PCT, KL-6, and BAL fluid parameters (cell numbers, macrophages, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and CD4/8 ratio), was not 53/56 but 29/28, 51/55, 51/55, 49/55, 49/55, 49/55, 49/55, 48/55, respectively. WBC: white blood cell, AST: aspartate transaminase, ALT: alanine transaminase, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, CRP: C-reactive protein, PCT: procalcitonin, KL-6: Krebs von den Lungen, BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage, CD: cluster of differentiation