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. 2020 Oct 19;45(5):101556. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2020.10.002

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with COVID-19 and cytolytic liver injury.

AST or ALT ≥ 2 x ULN (n = 76) AST or ALT < 2 x ULN (n = 206) p-value OR; (IC 95%)
F/M 20/56 (26.3%) 114/92 (55.3%) < 0.0001 0.28 [0.16; 0.51]
BMI (kg/m2) >25 27 (37.0%) 61 (30.7%) 0.3 1.33 [0.76; 2.33]
>30 30 (39.5%) 88 (42.7%) 0.65 0.88 [0.51; 1.51]
Diabetes 20 (26.3 %) 63 (30.6%) 0.53 0.83 [0.46; 1.49]
Hypertension 34 (45.3%) 94 (45.6%) 0.97 0.99 [0.58; 1.68]
Heart Failure 8 (10.7 %) 24 (11.7%) 0.82 0.91 [0.38; 2.11]
COPD 1 (1.3%) 1 (0.5%) 0.46 2.77 [0.17; 44.9]
>1 comorbidity 19 (28.2%) 58 (25.3%) 0.64 0.87 [0.47; 1.58]
Treatments NSAIDs 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Immunosuppressant 5 (6.7%) 6 (2.9%) 0.15 2.8 [0.71; 8.05]
Liver toxic drugs 41 (54.7%) 72 (35.0%) 0.003 2.24 [1.31; 3.84]
Hydroxychloroquin 34 (45.9%) 38 (18.7%) < 0.0001 3.68 [2.07; 6.58]
Admission in ICU 30 (40.0%) 13 (6.3%) < 0.0001 9.90 [4.78; 20.48]
CT scan injury > 50% 53 (71.6%) 81 (39.7%) < 0.0001 3.83 [2.15; 6.83]
Death 20 (26.7%) 25 (12.1%) 0.003 2.63 [1.36; 5.10]