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. 2020 May;12(5):1811–1823. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1914

Table 2. Laboratory and radiographic findings of COVID-19 patients with COPD or without COPD on admission.

Variables COPD (n=50) Non-COPD (n=998) P values Adjusted OR (95% CI) (COPD vs. non-COPD)* P values for adjustment*
Laboratory findings
   Median SpO2 (IQR), % 95 [91–97] 96 [93–98] 0.19
   Blood leukocyte count (109/L) 0.28
      <4 9/45 (20.0) 265/875 (30.3)
      4–10 30/45 (66.7) 530/875 (60.6)
      >10 6/45 (13.3) 80/875 (9.1)
   Platelet count (109/L) 0.62
      <100 5/45 (11.1) 70/783 (8.9)
      ≥100 40/45 (88.9) 713/783 (91.1)
   Lymphocyte count (109/L) 0.20
      <0.8 20/43 (46.5) 324/819 (39.6)
      0.8–1.1 15/43 (34.9) 237/819 (28.9)
      ≥1.1 8/43 (18.6) 258/819 (31.5)
   APTT >45 (s) 8/34 (23.5) 31/595 (5.2) <0.001 3.52 (1.17–10.60) 0.025
   Prothrombin time (s) 0.027
      <11 1/34 (2.9) 131/599 (21.9)
      11–15 31/34 (91.2) 429/599 (71.6)
      >15 2/34 (5.9) 39/599 (6.5)
   Anemia (<120 in male and <110 g/dL in female) 14/41 (24.1) 220/791 (27.8) 0.379
   C-reactive protein level ≥10 mg/L 41/43 (95.3) 596/723 (82.4) 0.028
   Procalcitonin level ≥0.5 ng/mL 28/37 (75.7) 384/569 (67.5) 0.30
   Lactose dehydrogenase ≥250 U/L 26/41 (63.4) 339/642 (52.8) 0.19
   Aspartate aminotransferase >40 U/L 14/43 (32.6) 197/696 (28.3) 0.55
   Alanine aminotransferase >40 U/L 5/42 (11.9) 117/674 (17.4) 0.36
   Creatinine (μmol/L) 128.5±174.3 77.4±78.1 0.06
   Total bilirubin >17.1 μmol/L 1/41 (2.4) 31/656 (4.7) 0.50
   Creatinine kinase ≥200 U/L 8/35 (22.9) 99/631 (15.7) 0.26
   D-dimer ≥0.5 mg/L 27/41 (65.9) 168/573 (29.3) <0.001 3.22 (1.48–7.02) 0.003
   Sodium (mmol/L) 137.7±4.9 141.4±61.4 0.73
   Potassium (mmol/L) 3.9±0.6 4.4±0.7 0.69
   Chloride (mmol/L) 103.6±6.5 103.3±6.9 0.81
   Albumin (g/L) 34.4±6.7 37.1±8.6 0.038
Radiographic findings
   Abnormalities on chest X-ray, No./total No. (%)
      Any abnormalities 12/16 (75.0) 197/271 (72.7) 0.84
      Ground-glass opacity 7/16 (43.8) 75/271 (27.7) 0.17
      Local patchy shadowing 10/16 (62.5) 94/271 (34.7) 0.025
      Bilateral patchy shadowing 9/16 (56.3) 149/271 (55.0) 0.92
      Interstitial abnormalities 2/16 (12.5) 21/271 (7.7) 0.50
   Abnormalities on chest CT, No./total No. (%)
      Any abnormalities 44/49 (89.8) 759/875 (86.7) 0.54
      Ground-glass opacity 38/49 (77.6) 528/875 (60.3) 0.016 4.00 (1.85–8.62) <0.001
      Local patchy shadowing 30/49 (61.2) 362/875 (41.4) 0.006 2.29 (1.18–4.46) 0.014
      Bilateral patchy shadowing 31/49 (63.3) 487/875 (55.7) 0.30
      Interstitial abnormalities 25/49 (51.0) 173/875 (19.8) <0.001 4.06 (2.01–8.19) <0.001

P values for continuous variables were calculated by Student’s t-test or the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and P values for categorical variables were calculated by the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. *, adjusted for age, sex, smoking status and other comorbidities (including diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, hepatitis B infection, cancer, chronic renal diseases, immunodeficiency), no significance (P≥0.05) was not shown in the table. Odds ratio >1 means that more people in COPD than Non-COPD in variables. Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary; IQR, interquartile range; SpO2, saturation of pulse oxygen; APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; CT, computed tomography.