Table 2. Temperature, image and laboratory findings of NCIP patients at admission.
| Normal range | Total (n=238) | Clinical classification | *P value | ||
| Mild / General (n=190) | Severe / Critical (n=48) | ||||
| Temperature | |||||
| Low fever (37.3°C -38.0°C) | 36.3°C–37.2°C | 42 (17.6) | 24 (12.6) | 18 (37.5) | <.001 |
| Medium fever (38.1°C -39.0°C) | 12 (5.0) | 8 (4.2) | 4 (8.3) | 0.27 | |
| High fever (above 39.0°C) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.3) | 0.01 | |
| CT image | |||||
| Normal | 6 (2.5) | 6 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 0.60 | |
| Single lung involvement | 88 (37.0) | 73 (38.4) | 15 (31.3) | 0.36 | |
| Bilateral involvement | 144 (60.5) | 111 (58.4) | 33 (68.7) | 0.19 | |
| Laboratory findings | |||||
| White blood cell count, ×109/L | 3.5-9.5 | 4.6 (3.5, 5.7) | 4.7 (3.6, 5.7) | 4.5 (2.9, 5.6) | 0.06 |
| Neutrophil count, ×109/L | 1.8-6.3 | 2.9 (2.1, 3.7) | 2.9 (2.1, 3.6) | 3.0 (2.0, 3.8) | 0.44 |
| Lymphocyte count, ×109/L | 1.1-3.2 | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.4) | <.001 |
| Eosinophil count, ×109/L | 0.05-0.50 | 0.01 (0, 0.05) | 0.02 (0.01, 0.06) | 0 (0, 0.01) | 0.10 |
| Platelet count, ×109/L | 125-350 | 139 (111, 172) | 178.5 (145.5, 235) | 150 (130, 189) | 0.03 |
| Hemoglobin, g/L | 110-160 | 130 (120, 141) | 129 (120, 141) | 130 (119, 143) | 0.99 |
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography.
* P values indicate differences between mild / general type and severe / critical patients. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.