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. 2020 Sep 8;37:32. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.32.25192

Table 3.

the blood parameters of COVID-19 of the study population, with or without diabetes

Normal range No diabetes (n=108) Diabetes (n=25) P-value
Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Hematology
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 11.50-15.00 12.85(11.50-14.00) 13.00(11.80-14.20) 0.77
Platelet count (x109/L) 125.00-350.00 161.00(126.50-232.50) 173.00(130.00-230.00) 0.56
Leukocytes count (x109/L) 3.50-9.50 6.29(4.73-7.31) 6.26(4.34-7.61) 0.80
Neutrophil count (x109/L) 1.80-6.30 3.87(2.70-5.23) 4.27(2.41-6.83) 0.17
Lymphocyte (x109/L) 1.10-3.20 1.54(1.01-2.12) 1.26(0.87-1.73) 0.10
Biochemistry
Random blood glucose (g/L) 0.80-1.10 1.04(0.90-1.30) 2.08(2.00-2.90) <0.05
Aspartate aminotransferase (UI/L) ≤33.00 23.00(18.00-31.00) 30.00(21.00-41.00) 0.30
Alanine aminotransferase (UI/L) ≤33.00 19.00(14.00-33.00) 27.00(19.00-39.00) 0.50
Creatinine (mg/l) 9.00-14.00 7.50(7.04-9.40) 7.90(7.30-10.88) 0.90
Urea nitrogen (g/l) 0.10-0.55 0.19(0.19-0.30) 0.25(0.22-0.81) 0.06
Plasma protein level (g/l) 65.00-85.00 74.00(66.00-76.00) 73.00(63.00-70.00) 0.89
Lactic dehydrogenase (UI/L) * 135.00-214.00 226.50(168.00-275.00) 268.00(234.00-374.00) <0.05
Infection
CRP (mg/L) <1.00 5.80(2.00-47.00) 28(8.00-173.00) <0.05
Procalcitonin (ng/l) * 0.02-0.05 0.05(0.05-0.05) 0.05(0.05-0.10) <0.05
Ferritin (ng/ml)* 15.00-150.00 140.00(41.00-302.00) 501.00(153.00-1102.00) <0.05
Coagulation
D-dimer (μg/ml)* <0.50 4.44(2.75-8.77) 6.65 (5.64-19.27) <0.05

IQR: inter-quartile range; CRP: C-reactive protein; *The data is missing for 20 patients