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. 2020 Oct 17;51(2):437–445. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02312-3

Table 2.

Laboratory test results for COVID-19 patients and healthy controls

COVID-19 Healthy controls Healthy controls versus
COVID-19 patients (p)
Regular wards versus
Specialized wards (p)
Regular wards Specialized wards Total
N = 40 N = 20 N = 60 N = 86
Covid-positive, verified 40 (100%) 20 (100%) 60 (100%)
D-dimer, mg/L, median (IQR) 0.6 (0.5–1.0) 1.5 (0.7–4.0) 0.7 (0.5–1.5) 0.002
Hemoglobin, g/L, median (IQR) 137 (125–148) 123 (110–128) 129 (120–141) 141 (134–150) <0.001 <0.001
Platelet count, 109/L, median (IQR) 212 (175–259) 252 (206–341) 221 (181–287) 257 (229–283) 0.005 0.094
APTT, sec, median (IQR) 26 (24–27) 26 (25–30) 26 (24–29) 33 (31–36) <0.001 0.891
INR, median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1 (1–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 0.107 0.843
P-fibrinogen, g/L, median (IQR) 5.4 (4.3–6.5) 6.8 (4.8–7.6) 5.7 (4.3–6.9) 2.7 (2.4–3.0) <0.001 0.125
Antithrombin, kIE/L, median (IQR) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.836
EXTEM-CT, sec, median (IQR) 70 (61–75) 90 (78–108) 74 (64–90) 47 (43–51) <0.001 <0.001
EXTEM-CFT, sec, median (IQR) 49 (44–63) 46 (42–55) 49 (43–63) 91 (79–101) <0.001 0.485
EXTEM-A5, mm, median (IQR) 51 (47–54) 57 (54–60) 53 (48–58) 0.009
EXTEM-A10, mm, median (IQR) 61 (57–65) 68 (63–70) 63 (59–68) 0.006
EXTEM-MCF, mm, median (IQR) 70 (66–73) 76 (71–77) 71 (68–75) 64 (62–68) <0.001 0.009
EXTEM-LI30,  %, median (IQR) 100 (100–100) 100 (100–100) 100 (100–100) 0.632
INTEM-CT, sec, median (IQR) 190 (173–202) 183 (175–195) 187 (173–202) 163 (157–170) <0.001 0.588
INTEM-CFT, sec, median (IQR) 60 (50–73) 46 (40–-59) 56 (45–71) 63 (57–72) 0.001 0.041
INTEM-A5, mm, median (IQR) 47 (42–51) 54 (49–59) 49 (45–54) 0.014
INTEM-A10, mm, median (IQR) 58 (54–61) 64 (60–68) 60 (55–64) 0.010
INTEM-MCF, mm, median (IQR) 67 (63–69) 72 (68–75) 67 (64–72) 66 (64–69) 0.050 0.006
INTEM-LI30, %, median (IQR) 100 (100–100) 100 (100–100) 100 (100–100) 1.000
FIBTEM-MCF, mm, median (IQR) 27 (23–31) 32 (28–36) 29 (24–33) 13 (11–15) <0.001 0.036
HEPTEM-CT, sec, median (IQR) 188 (180–203) 179 (173–191) 182 (175–199) 0.089

IQR interquartile range, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, INR international normalized ratio