Table 1.

Patient characteristics according to disease severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and laboratory parameters at time of first positive respiratory RT-PCR after hospital admission.

	Mild or Moderate Cases, n = 6 (19%)	Severe Cases, n = 14 (44%)	Critical Cases, n = 12 (37%)	p Value	Adjusted p Value
Age in years, median (IQR)	60 (55–65)	55 (50–66)	67 (57–76)	0.273
Female, n (%)	5 (83)	6 (43)	3 (25)	0.063
Detection of viremia, n (%)	2 (33)	5 (36)	7 (58)	0.434
Fatal outcome, n (%)	1 (17)	0 (0)	5 (42)	0.025 *
Leucocytes, median (IQR)	5.06 (2.79–7.02)	5.72 (3.82–7.43)	7.49 (6.71–10.06)	0.170
Lymphocytes, median (IQR)	0.9 (0.62–1.44)	0.89 (0.80–1.37)	0.78 (0.54–0.89)	0.461
CRP, median (IQR)	15 (9–80)	102 (60–193)	215 (101–263)	0.009 *	m/s: 0.076 m/c: 0.010 s/c: 0.076
IL-6, median (IQR)	26 (10–30)	52 (30–90)	156 (48–319)	0.005 *	m/s: 0.035 m/c: 0.015 s/c: 0.035

CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; RT-PCR, real-time PCR; IQR, Interquartile range; * p < 0.05.