Table 4.
Frequency and percentage of blood magnesium level in two groups of COVID-19 patients without underlying disease at the point of admission to hospital
| Group | Frequency and percent | Mg2+ level in plasma |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (1.8–2.2 mg/dL) | Hypo-magnesaemia (1.26–1.7 mg/dL) | Severe hypo-magnesaemia (<1.25 mg/dL) | Hyper-magnesaemia (>2.6 mg/dL) | |||
| ICU | Count | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| % within Mg2+ | 20.8% | 50.0% | 66.7% | 71.4% | 40% | |
| Outpatient | Count | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| % within Mg2+ | 79.2% | 50.0% | 33.3% | 28.6% | 60% | |
| Total | Count | 24 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| % within Mg2+ | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100% | |
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.