Table 4.

Relationship between laboratory findings and respiratory outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 infected cancer patients.

Laboratory data	Respiratory outcome
	ARDS N = 24	No respiratory failure N=29	p value∗
Neutrophils < 500/mm3	13%	0%	0.01
	Mean, (CI 95%)	Mean, (CI 95%)	p valueTT
Lymphocytes/mm3	412 (297–527)	686 (555–817)	0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L	670 (529–810)	359 (321–397)	<0.001
Reactive C protein, mg/dL	25.8 (20.1–31.4)	9.9 (7.4–12.4)	<0.001
Fibrinogen, mg/dL	921 (842–999)	804 (725–882)	0.02
D-Dimers, ng/mL	8358 (0–17,159)	2303 (1589–2018)	0.06
Ferritin ng/mL	4374 (831–7914)	1487 (917–2061)	0.03
Albumin, g/dL	2.84 (2.69–2.98)	3.1 (2.95–3.3)	0.007
Interleukin-6, pg/mL	466 (0–934)	98.7 (0–260)	0∙06

Numbers are expressed as either proportions of total observations or means.

CI, confidence interval.

∗p values for Fisher's exact test.

^TT p values for Student's t test.