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. 2020 Jul 8;9:85. doi: 10.1186/s40249-020-00710-6

Table 2.

Laboratory and radiograph findings of different subtypes in patients with COVID-19 on admission

Variable Mild type (n = 52) Common type (n = 658) Severe type (n = 61) Critical type (n = 17) Pvalue
Blood routine
 Leucocyte count (×  109/L) 5.7 (4.3–7.1) 4.7 (3.8–5.8) 4.9 (3.8–6.6) 6.8 (3.8–8.8) 0.002
   < 4 9 (17.3) 201 (30.5) 19 (31.1) 5 (29.4)
   > 10 1 (1.9) 10 (1.5) 4 (6.6) 3 (17.6)
 Neutrophil count (× 109/L) 3.6 (2.0–5.0) 2.9 (2.2–3.8) 3.2 (2.6–5.0) 5.8 (2.8–8.0) < 0.001
   > 7 3 (5.8) 17 (2.6) 7 (11.5) 7 (41.2)
 Lymphocyte count (×  109/L) 1.3 (1.1–1.9) 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 0.5 (0.4–0.8) < 0.001
   < 0.8 8 (15.4) 91 (13.8) 23 (37.7) 12 (70.6)
 Hemoglobin (g/L) 139.0 (131.0–152.0) 138.0 (127.0–150.0) 139.0 (122.5–153.0) 128.0 (117.0–153.5) 0.332
 Platelets count (×109/L) 206.0 (171.0–241.3) 180.0 (147.8–221.3) 172.0 (138.0–214.0) 146.0 (122.0–181.5) 0.001
   < 100 0 (0.0) 23 (3.5) 2 (3.3) 2 (11.8)
Coagulation function
 International normalized ration (INR) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.2) 0.070
Blood biochemistry
 Albumin (ALB, g/L) 42.5 (40.5–45.7) 41.7 (38.7–43.9) 38.7 (35.8–41.6) 35.9 (30.8–37.6) < 0.001
 Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, U/L) 20.0 (12.0–39.1) 21.1 (15.0–33.0) 24.0 (16.5–34.5) 20.5 (14.0–30.8) 0.528
 Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, U/L) 22.0 (16.5–34.0) 25.0 (19.1–32.2) 28.0 (22.0–40.0) 30.5 (25.0–41.8) 0.002
   > 40 7 (13.5) 76 (11.6) 13 (21.3) 5 (29.4)
 Total bilirubin (TB) (μmol//L) 8.8 (6.2–11.6) 9.5 (7.0–13.1) 10.7 (7.8–15.6) 10.3 (8.0–14.6) 0.205
 Potassium (mmol/L) 3.8 (3.6–4.2) 3.8 (3.6–4.1) 3.9 (3.6–4.2) 3.7 (3.2–3.9) 0.112
 Sodium (mmol/L) 139.0 (138.0–141.0) 138.5 (136.3–140.2) 137.4 (135.0–139.3) 136.0 (130.1–137.8) < 0.001
 Blood urea nitrogen (BUN, mmol/L) 4.2 (3.2–4.7) 3.7 (3.0–4.6) 4.0 (3.2–5.6) 5.8 (3.6–12.3) 0.001
 Creatinine (CR, μmol/L) 66.0 (58.0–76.0) 65.3 (55.0–78.0) 71.0 (62.5–80.5) 79.0 (65.9–106.5) 0.002
 Creatinine kinase (CK, U/L) 60.5 (42.5–75.3) 68.5 (47.0–105.3) 76.0 (56.5–120.5) 146.0 (54.3–255.5) < 0.001
 Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH, U/L) 175.0 (147.0–241.0) 207.5 (168.0–254.0) 272.0 (221.5–366.5) 320.5 (256.3–356.5) < 0.001
   > 250 11 (21.2) 167 (25.4) 39 (63.9) 13 (76.5)
Infection-related biomarkers
 C-reactive protein (CRP, mg/L) 1.9 (0.5–5.5) 7.7 (2.5–19.4) 26.2 (10.4–51.1) 45.5 (14.7–84.9) < 0.001
 Procalcitonin (PCT, ng/ml) 0.1 (0.0–0.1) 0.1 (0.0–0.1) 0.1 (0.0–0.1) 0.1 (0.0–0.2) 0.013
Chest x-ray/CT finding
 Multiple mottling and ground-glass opacity 0(0.0) 183(27.8) 37 (60.7) 15 (88.2) < 0.001

Data are presented as medians (interquartile ranges, IQR), n (%) and n/N (%)