Table 1.

The clinical characteristics of 161 patients infected with COVID-19.

Characteristic	Number	CEA levels	P value	CRP	WBC	L	P value
Sex
Male	91	13.55±1.22	0.481	78.62±7.59	9.71±0.70	0.79±0.06	0.221*; 0.572&; 0.052#
Female	70	14.96±1.48		64.74±8.39	10.33±0.85	1.02±0.10
Age (years)
<65	71	11.99±1.13	0.033	63.35±8.01	8.80±0.74	0.93±0.07	0.184*; 0.074&; 0.695#
≥65	90	16.23±1.51		78.57±7.78	10.79±0.75	0.88±0.08
The admission classification
Moderate	48	11.44±1.45	0.094@	43.49±8.05	6.139±0.51	1.10±0.08	0.003*@;0.002&@;0.115#@
Severe	74	15.38±1.63	0.815$	79.46±8.05	10.399±0.76	0.87±0.09	0.048*$;0.167&$;0.106#$
Critically severe	39	16.01±1.94	0.058§	111.2 ± 12.1	12.58±1.50	0.60±0.08	<0.001*§;<0.001&§; <0.001#§
The final classification
Moderate	21	5.82±0.16	0.006@	41.16±10.35	6.57±0.81	1.08±0.09	0.472*@;0.386&@;0.697#@
Severe	51	10.28±1.00	<0.001$	56.42±8.9	7.70±0.60	0.98±0.08	0.001*$;0.001&$;0.169#$
Critically severe	89	18.58±1.54	<0.001§	98.28±8.00	12.34±0.82	0.79±0.10	0.001*§;0.001&§;0.024#§
Total	161	14.35±1.00		72.11±5.64	9.92±0.54	0.90±0.06

Note: Symbol * presents comparative analysis of CRP levels; Symbol ^& presents comparative analysis of WBC counts; Symbol ^# presents comparative analysis of L counts. Symbol ^@ presents moderate patients vs severe patients; Symbol ^$ presents severe patients vs critically severe patients; Symbol ^§ presents moderate patients vs critically severe patients. P<0.05 indicates that the difference was statistically significant.