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. 2021 Mar 5;14(5):561–569. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.03.001

Table 3.

The collected biomarkers of all meta-analyzed studies of statistical significance with calculated mean of all recorded means in the studies of analysis to be a help key levels for prediction of progression from a mild/moderate case of COVID-19 into severe/critical case.

Positive COVID-19 patient
Biomarkers of prediction progression of cases from mild/moderate to severe/critical
Non-high-risk groupa
A-Indicators of COVID-19 progression into severe/critical condition B-Indicators of multiorgan injury
C-reactive protein ≥58.2 mg/L (STD 47) LDH ≥382 U/L (STD 221)
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), U/L ≥42.4 IU/L (STD 19.5)
Neutrophil count ≥ 6.1 × 109/L (STD 5.8). Albumin ≤30.4 g/L (STD 6.1)
T-Lymphocytes count ≤ 0.8 × 109/L (STD 0.46).
D-Dimer ≥12.9 μg/mL (STD 52.7)
T Cell Function: % PD-1 expression on T cells Creatinine ≥77.1 μmol/L (STD 31.2)
% PD-1 On T-Cell ≥47 (STD 24)
Cytokines:
IL-6 ≥29.6 pg/mL (STD 138)
Cortisol level: ≥794 nmol/L (STD 264)
a

Patient younger than 66.9 years (STD 15.4) with no comorbidity if show any indicator in this group considered a risk for progression into severe/ critical condition which necessitates aggressive treatment even if CT findings not clear yet and the patient condition still apparently mild.