Skip to main content
. 2021 Feb 10;16(5):1165–1172. doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02560-4

Table 4.

Changes of laboratory data for the nine non-survivors

Baseline Day 2–4 Day 5–8 p value*
WBC (109/L)a 7.81 ± 2.26 13.19 ± 5.54 13.63 ± 5.83 0.03
Neu (109/L)b 6.27 ± 1.89 11.86 ± 5.45 12.61 ± 5.93 0.02
Lym (109/L)c 0.85 ± 0.55 0.72 ± 0.28 0.49 ± 0.07 0.14
BUN (mmol/L)d 7.70 (5.05, 21.20) 10.30 (5.40, 20.95) 11.40 (6.50, 24.00) 0.71
Creatinine (µmol/L)d 110.0 (59.5, 188.0) 84.0 (58.0, 136.0) 78.0 (60.5, 129.5) 0.90
d-dimer (µg/mL FEU)d 2.16 (1.52, 9.69) 4.64 (2.82, 14.89) 5.17 (2.28, 10.33) 0.46
NT-proBNP (pg/mL)d 943.0 (262.5, 2539.0) 739.0(385.0, 1985.0) 1639.0 (546.5, 3098.0) 0.45
TnI (pg/mL)d 24.6 (13.9, 65.0) 17.4 (7.5, 67.4) 79.8 (19.7, 158.1) 0.36
CRP (mg/L)d 119.7(75.5, 144.5) 133.2 (54.1, 176.6) 66.9 (53.7, 144.9) 0.73
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)d 60.0 (14.0, 79.2) 16.4 (11.6, 73.4) 53.9 (28.6, 84.1) 0.26e

WBC white blood cell counts, Neu neutrophil counts, Lym lymphocyte counts, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr creatinine, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, TnI troponin I, CRP c-reactive protein

*p values for the comparison of biomarkers at baseline, day 2–4 and day 5–8. One-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis test according to the characteristics of distribution

ap value (LSD test): baseline vs. day 2–4: 0.03, baseline vs. day 5–8: 0.02, day 2–4 vs. day 5–8: 0.85

bp value (LSD test): baseline vs. day 2–4: 0.02, baseline vs. day 5–8: 0.01, day 2–4 vs. day 5–8: 0.74

cp value (LSD test): baseline vs. day 2–4: 0.46, baseline vs. day 5–8: 0.05, day 2–4 vs. day 5–8: 0.21

dMedian (interquartile range)

eEight patients