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. 2020 Nov 18;15(11):e0241659. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241659

Fig 5. Recovery time (from admission to the date of normalization) of lymphopenia, eosinopenia, CRP level, chest radiograph and clearance time of SARS-CoV2 RNA (from admission to the date of second negative detection result of SARS-CoV2 RNA) was compared using a two-way ANOVA.

Fig 5

The recovery time of those indicators above were significantly different (P = 0.0001). In mild and general cases, the median recovery time of lymphocyte was 9.0 (3.0–14.0) days, which was significantly shorter than that of SARS-CoV2-RNA (median 11.0 [3.0–32.0] days, P<0.05); the median recovery time of CRP was 7.5 (1.0–14.0) days, which was significantly shorter than that of SARS-CoV2-RNA (P<0.001); the median recovery time of CT scan was 7.0 (2.0–16.0) days, which was significantly shorter than that of eosinophils (median 9.0 [2.0–26.0] days, P<0.05) and SARS-CoV2-RNA (P<0.001). In severe and critical cases, the median recovery time of lymphocyte was 9.0 (3.0–23.0) days, which was significantly shorter than recovery as evidenced by CT scan (median 12.5 [4.0–32.0] days, P<0.05) and SARS-CoV2-RNA (median 15.0 [8.0–31.0] days, P<0.001). The median recovery time of eosinophils was 12.0 (3.0–23.0) days, which was significantly shorter than that of SARS-CoV2-RNA (P<0.05). The comparisons between other indicators were not significant. LYM, lymphopenia; Eo, eosinopenia; CRP, C-reactive protein. ***, P<0.001; **, P<0.01; *, P<0.05.