Table 3. Comparison of laboratory tests. This is a summary of the results in Fig. 3.

Row		lymh	WBC	D-dimer	LDH	CRP	Fer	Cr	TNT	AST	BNP	Procal	ALT
1	Group A vs. B at admission		↑↑↑		↑↑↑	↑↑↑	↑		↓↓↓
2	Group C vs. D at admission	↓↓↓			↑↑↑	↑↑↑	↑↑↑			↑
3	Group C vs. D at upgrade	↓↓↓	↑↑↑	↑	↑↑↑	↑↑↑	↑↑↑	↑		↑↑			↑
4	at admission vs. at upgrade for C		↓↓↓			↓↓↓
5	at admission vs. at upgrade for D	↓↓↓	↑↑↑	↑	↑↑↑			↑↑↑
6	C improved or plateau but D deteriorated	X	X	X	X	X		X

Note:

Note that at upgrade means 1 day prior to upgrade, ↑ = significant increase where p < 0.05, ↑↑ = significant increase where p < 0.01, ↑↑↑ = significant increase where p < 0.005. ↓ = significant decrease where p < 0.05, ↓↓ = significant decrease where p < 0.01, ↓↓↓ = significant decrease where p < 0.005. X: denotes variables that showed group C improved or plateaued, but group D deteriorated between two time points.