Table 3.

(A) Bivariate correlations between CRP levels and other biomarkers. (B) Bivariate correlations between CRP levels and other biomarkers by excluding those patients transferred to ICU within 24 h from the admission (N = 24).

Variable	Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient	p value	Number of observations, N (%)
IL-6	0.46	<0.0001	90 (81.1)
D-dimer	0.63	<0.0001	39 (35.1)
LDH	0.62	<0.0001	102 (91.9)
CK	0.23	0.03	94 (84.7)
Total WBC count	0.49	<0.0001	108 (97.3)
Neutrophil count	0.60	<0.0001	103 (92.8)
Lymphocyte count	−0.26	0.002	103 (92.8)
NLR	0.57	<0.0001	103 (92.8)

B
Variable	Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient	p value	Number of observations, N (%)
IL-6	0.42	0.0002	71 (63.4)
D-dimer	0.62	0.0002	31 (27.9)
LDH	0.48	<0.0001	82 (73.9)
CK	0.12	0.29	78 (70.3)
Total WBC count	0.43	<0.0001	87 (78.4)
Neutrophil count	0.50	<0.0001	83 (74.8)
Lymphocyte count	−0.1	0.38	83 (74.8)
NLR	0.44	<0.0001	83 (74.8)

Legend: IL, interleukin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CK, creatine kinase; WBC, white blood cell count; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio.