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. 2020 Dec 4;9(1):2588–2596. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1846462

Table 2.

Comparison of the laboratory results of pediatric COVID-19 cases in the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR), and Wuhan.

  South Korea
Mean (SD)
Hong Kong
Mean (SD)
Wuhan
Mean (SD)
p-value
Total White Cell (109/L) 5.8 (1.7) 6.7 (3.2) 6.9 (2.6) 0.004
Haemoglobin (g/dL) 13.7 (1.3) 13.8 (1.4) 12.6 (1.5) <0.001
Platelets (109/L) 271.7 (95.0) 261.8 (83.0) 304.6 (100.6) 0.001
Neutrophils (109/L) 2.6 (1.2) 3.6 (1.8) 3.3 (5.3) 0.325
Lymphocytes (109/L) 2.5 (1.3) 2.4 (2.2) 3.3 (1.8) <0.001
Prothrombin time (seconds) 12.4 (0.8) 12.1 (0.8) 11.1 (1.2) <0.001
INR 1.1 (0.1) 1.1 (0.1) 0.9 (0.1) <0.001
Activated partial thromboplastin time (Seconds) 32.3 (5.7) 30.7 (5.7) 33.3 (22.5) 0.814
Creatinine (micromol/L) 55.9 (20.4) 59.3 (17.8) 37.9 (22.7) <0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) 256 (109.8) 207 (59.6) 262.8 (100.0) <0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 27.6 (10.4) 24.8 (4.5) 39.3 (53.0) 0.167
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 19.9 (12.6) 20 (9.7) 24 (41.0) 0.516
C-reactive protein (mg/dL) 0.2 (0.7) 1.9 (3.2) 3.7 (8.5) 0.001

Note: One-way analysis of variances was used. Bold values represent p-value <0.05.