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. 2020 Oct 2;10:16384. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73136-7

Table 2.

Initial laboratory analysis of COVID-19 deaths.

Initial laboratory analysis N = 77, n(%), median(IQR)
Complete blood count
White blood cell count; × 109/L; normal range 3.5–9.5 11.305 (6.745, 15.123)
 Increase 36 (46.8)
 Decreased 9 (11.7)
Lymphocyte count; × 109/L; normal range > 1.1 0.54 (0.38, 0.86)
 Decreased 67 (87.0)
Neutrophil count; × 109/L; normal range 1.8–6.3 9.815 (5.555, 14.058)
 Increase 50 (64.9)
Hemoglobin; g/L; normal range > 130 127 (111, 139)
 Decreased 43 (55.8)
Mean corpuscular volume; fl; normal range 80–100 92.7 (87.6, 98.25)
 Decreased 3 (3.9)
Platelet count; × 109/L; normal range 125–300 151 (89, 208)
 Decreased 25 (32.5)
C-reactive protein; mg/L; normal range > 10 94 (61.75, 151.9)
 Increase 69 (89.6)
Procalcitonin; ng/mL; normal range < 0.1 0.35 (0.138, 1.330)
  > 0.1 57 (74.0)
  > 0.5 29 (37.7%)
Myocardial markers
Creatine kinase-MB; ng/mL; normal range < 5 2.72 (1.69, 4.87)
 Increase 14 (18.2)
Troponin; ng/mL; normal range < 0.04 ng/mL 0.13 (0.028, 0.682)
 Increase 34 (44.2)
Brain natriuretic peptide; pg/mL; normal range < 900 847.9 (424.45, 1623)
 Increase 26 (33.8)
Blood biochemical analysis
Alanine aminotransferase; U/L; normal range < 50 25 (19, 52.5)
 Increase 17 (22.1)
Aspartate aminotransferase; U/L; normal range < 40 41 (27.25, 71.5)
 Increase 38 (49.4)
Creatinine; μmol/L; < 111 73 (58, 112)
 Increase 19 (24.7)
Lactic dehydrogenase; U/L; normal range < 250 570 (476, 736.75)
 Increase 68 (88.3)
Creatine kinase; U/L; normal range < 310 70 (45.5, 141.5)
 Increase 8 (10.4)
Coagulation
Prothrombin time; s; normal range 9–16 13.1 (12.4, 14.2)
 Decrease 0 (0.0)
Activated partial prothrombin time; s; normal range 28–44 28.8 (26.95, 31.75)
 Decrease 4 (5.2)
D-dimer; mg/L; normal range < 0.55 6.88 (2.84, 17.57)
 Increase 59 (76.6)
Cell immunitya
CD4+ cell count; /µL; normal range > 404 89 (126, 274)
  < 404/µL 52 (98.1)
  < 202/µL 32 (60.4)
CD8+ cell count, /µL; normal range > 220/µL 89 (44.25, 154.5)
 Decrease 43 (81.1)
Lactic acid in blood gas analysis; mmol/L; < 1.5 2.5 (2.1, 3.7)
 Increase 68 (88.3)

aThe below analysis was done in the cases with the result of cell immunity, so the total number is 53 for all.