Figure 2.

Changes in laboratory parameters before admission. (A) Lymphocyte counts shown by days since onset of symptoms. Critical patients presented severe lymphocytopenia with significantly declined cell count (p<0.01) when the symptoms lasted for 6 days without seeking professional medical care. (B) Bar graphs showing the average duration of hormone therapy between patents grouped by interval from symptom onset to admission day. (C, D) Average lymphocyte count and serum albumin (ALB) level in patients experiencing more than one week of symptoms. Critical patients had significantly lower lymphocyte numbers (C) and ALB concentration (D) compared with severe patients (p=0.0062, p=0.0009, respectively). The pink line/bar represents moderately ill patients, the purple line/bar represents severely ill patients, and the blue line/bar represents critically ill patients. Error bars represent mean ± SEM; **p<0.01.