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. 2020 Dec 14;15(12):e0243343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243343

Table 2. Clinical characteristics of admitted young adults COVID-19 –vital signs and laboratory measures (median, IQR).

 Vital Signs [Median (IQR)] Alive  Deceased  All Patients
Temperature (°C) 100.2 (2.925)  100.1 (2.675)  100.2 (2.90)
Heart rate (beats per min) 111 (22)  117 (23.75)  111 (22)
Oxygen saturation (%) 94 (5)  94.5 (12.75)  94 (6)
Labs* [Median (IQR)] Alive Deceased  All Patients
White blood cell count (×103 cells per μL), n = 387 7.59 (4.5) 8.03 (6.49) 7.67 (4.63)
Neutrophil (%), n = 385 77.6 (13.28) 79 (13.1) 77.95 (13.15)
Lymphocyte (%), n = 385 14.75 (11.2) 13.1 (10.7) 14.6 (11.2)
Creatinine (mg/dL), n = 385 0.84 (0.35) 0.97 (0.85) 0.86 (0.40)
Glucose (mg/dL), n = 386 111 (40) 139.5 (176) 113 (49)
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L), n = 374 44 (42) 87 (139) 46 (50.5)
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L), n = 374 44 (46) 54 (79) 46 (52.75)
Lactate Dehydrogenase (x/x), n = 291 395 (209) 491 (389) 406 (226)
C-reactive protein (mg/L), n = 269 64.74 (128.6) 73 (155) 66.1 (135.39)
Ferritin (ng/mL), n = 261 748 (972) 776.3 (1093) 751 (976.1)
Procalcitonin (ng/mL) n = 326 0.19 (0.28) 0.42 (1.2) 0.21 (0.38)
D-dimer (μg/mL), n = 245 333.5 (337) 453 (1502) 354 (355)
Hgb a1C, n = 85 6.55 (5.4) 10.5 (8.8) 6.6 (6)
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (ng/L), n = 53 0.01 (0.03) 0.035 (0.15) 0.02 (0.06)

#Temperature, heart rate, SPO2 at hospital presentation

*median values, IQR, n = number of patients with laboratory