Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Total (N = 20) |
Negative RT-PCR swab test (n = 12) |
Positive RT-PCR swab test (n = 8) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Median (Q1; Q3) | Mean ± SD | Median (Q1; Q3) | Mean ± SD | Median (Q1; Q3) | ||
| Age | 52.9 ± 1.9 | * | 52.8 ± 115 | * | 52.9 ± 12.9 | * | 0.986 |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||||
| Male | 11 (55) | * | 5 (41.6) | * | 6 (75) | * | 0.370 |
| Female | 9 (45) | * | 7 (58.3) | * | 2 (25) | * | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.1 ± 2.7 | * | 10.1 ± 1.9 | * | 10.1 ± 3.4 | * | 0.911 |
| Leukocyte (103 = mL) | * | 15.9 (8.9; 26.7) | * | 16.3 (13.3; 30.5) | * | 12.9 (7.8; 20.8) | 0.280 |
| Erythrocyte (106 = mL) | 3.7 ± 1.0 | * | 3.7 ± 0.7 | * | 3.6 ± 1.3 | * | 0.870 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 29.6 ± 7,7 | * | 29.7 ± 5.7 | * | 29.4 ± 9.6 | * | 0.940 |
| Thrombocyte (103 = mL) | * | 372.0 (232.8; 471.2) | * | 323.0 (216.2; 483.5) | * | 372.5 (251.2; 437.5) | 0.912 |
| Eosinophil (%) | * | 1.0 (0.0; 3.0) | * | 1.0 (0.0; 1.8) | * | 2.0 (0.0; 3.8) | 0.432 |
| Neutrophil (%) | 71.3 ± 11.7 | * | 72.7 ± 9.5 | * | 69.9 ± 13.9 | * | 0.605 |
| NLR | * | 3.5 (2.5; 6.2) | * | 4.2 (2.8; 5.6) | * | 3.4 (2.4; 10.4) | 0.623 |
| Lymphocyte (%) | 18.1 ± 8.1 | * | 17.7 ± 6.9 | * | 18.4 ± 9.5 | * | 0.853 |
| Monocyte (%) | 6.5 ± 2.6 | * | 6.4 ± 2.1 | * | 6.7 ± 3.2 | * | 0.806 |
| MCH (pg) | 27.7 ± 1.6 | * | 27.1 ± 1.2 | * | 28.3 ± 1.7 | * | 0.069 |
| MCHC (%) | 34.1 ± 1.7 | * | 33.7 ± 1.9 | * | 34.5 ± 1.4 | * | 0.310 |
| MCV (fL) | 81.5 ± 5.2 | * | 80.6 ± 3.3 | * | 82.3 ± 6.7 | * | 0.493 |
| Natrium (mg/dL) | 132.5 ± 9.7 | * | 128.7 ± 11.2 | * | 135.2 ± 8.1 | * | 0.184 |
| Kalium (mg/dL) | 4.8 ± 1.7 | * | 4.6 ± 0.9 | * | 4.9 ± 2.1 | * | 0.757 |
| Chloride (mg/dL) | 95.2 ± 9.9 | * | 92.3 ± 11.8 | * | 97.3 ± 8.5 | * | 0.320 |
| Random blood glucose (mg/dL) | 196.8 ± 124.2 | * | 225.0 ± 147.4 | * | 168.6 ± 95.2 | * | 0.323 |
| SGOT (mg/dL) | * | 28.0 (18.0; 44.0) | * | 21.0 (14.8; 41.2) | * | 35.0 (28.0; 41.0) | 0.270 |
| SGPT (mg/dL) | * | 18.0 (13.0; 21.0) | * | 13.0 (11.5; 18.0) | * | 19.0 (18.0; 22.0) | 0.101 |
| Urea (mg/dL) | * | 40.5 (25.0; 140.8) | * | 1.9 (0.7; 2.3) | * | 33.5 (19.8; 166.2) | 0.880 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | * | 1.5 (0.7; 3.5) | * | * | 1.1 (0.7; 75) | 0.472 | |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 2.8 ± 0.7 | * | 2.5 ± 0.7 | * | 3.2 ± 0.5 | * | 0.027 |
Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation, Q1 = Quartile I, Q3 = Quartile III, SGOT = serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, SGPT = serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, MCH = mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC = mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, MCV = mean corpuscular volume, NLR = neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, a = t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test for numeric variables, chi-square test or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables.