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. 2020 Dec 13:1–16. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2020.1853508

Table 2.

The laboratory and CT findings of patients with COVID-19 on admission to hospital.

  Normal range Total (n = 317) Survival (n = 269) Dead (n = 48) p-Value
Laboratory findings          
 White blood cell count, ×109 /L 3.5–9.5 5.9 (4.8–7.7) 5.8 (4.8–7.3) 7.3 (5.8–9.7) .003
  <3.5   57 (18.0) 49 (18.2) 8 (16.7) .040
  3.5–9.5   222 (70.0) 193 (71.7) 29 (60.4)  
  >9.5   38 (12.0) 27 (10.0) 11 (22.9)  
 Neutrophil count, ×109/L 1.8–6.3 3.9 (2.8–5.8) 3.7 (2.7–5.4) 5.8 (4.0–8.0) <.001
 Lymphocyte count, ×109/L 1.1–3.2 1.2 (0.7–1.8) 1.3 (0.9–1.9) 0.6 (0.4–1.2) <.001
  NLR   3.2 (1.8–6.9) 2.6 (1.7–5.3) 9.0 (4.8–16.0) <.001
 Platelet count, ×109/L 125–350 204 (144–256) 209 (147–257) 178 (128–256) .119
  <100   32 (10.1) 25 (9.3) 7 (14.6) .262
 D-dimer, μg/mL 0–0.55 0.63 (0.26–1.28) 0.51 (0.25–1.14) 1.24 (0.54–6.14) .034
  >1.5   73 (23.0) 49 (18.2) 24 (50.0) <.001
 High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I, ng/mL <26.2 7.0 (3.0–15.0) 5.5 (2.4–12.0) 29.0 (13.8–32.8) <.001
  >28   44 (13.9) 16 (5.9) 28 (58.3) <.001
 Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L 109–245 223 (171–394) 205 (167–307) 497 (287–585) <.001
 Alanine aminotransferase, U/L 5–40 29 (21–44) 28 (21–42) 39 (29–74) <.001
 Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L 8–40 34 (22–53) 34 (21–53) 37 (25–63) .419
 Serum creatinine, μmol/L 57–111 68 (56–81) 68 (56–80) 68 (54–89) .954
 Blood urea nitrogen 2.9–8.2 5.1 (3.9–6.6) 5.0 (3.9–6.5) 6.0 (4.0–9.3) .419
CT imaging features          
 Unilateral lung infiltration   29 (9.1) 26 (9.7) 3 (6.3) .450
 Bilateral pulmonary infiltration   286 (90.2) 241 (89.6) 45 (93.8) .372
 Multiple mottling and ground-glass opacity   205 (64.7) 173 (64.3) 32 (66.7) .753

Note. Continuous variables were expressed as median (P25–P75); categorical variables were expressed as number (%).

Abbreviations. P25–P75, percentile 25 to percentile 75; NLR, neutrophil count/lymphocyte count ratio.

Statistically significant differences between groups are marked in bold.