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. 2021 May 31;10:34. doi: 10.1186/s40164-021-00228-z

Table 4.

Blood parameters and coagulation factors of COVID-19 patients are compared before and after treatment in the non-ICU group and in the survivors of ICU group, respectively

COVID-19 Normal range Non-ICU (n = 252)p1 ICU survivor (n = 119)p2
Before treatment After treatment p1 Before treatment After treatment p2
Blood cell counts
White blood cells, × 109/L 3.5–9.5 6.1 (4.7–7.5) 6.3 (5.3–7.4) 0.019 7.0 (4.9–10.1) 7.0 (5.0–9.3) 0.706
Neutrophils, × 109/L 1.8–6.3 4.3 (2.9–5.9) 5.0 (3.8–6.1) 0.001 5.1 (3.4–7.8) 4.5 (2.9–6.8) 0.031
Lymphocytes, × 109/L 1.1–3.2 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 1.5 (1.1–1.8)  < 0.0001 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 1.4 (1.0–1.9)  < 0.0001
Monocytes, × 109/L 0.1–0.6 0.5 (0.3–0.6) 0.5 (0.4–0.6) 0.069 0.4 (0.3–0.6) 0.5 (0.4–0.7) 0.008
Red blood cells, × 1012/L 4.3–5.8 4.3 (3.9–4.6) 4.3 (4.0–4.7) 0.136 3.5 (2.9–4.1) 3.5 (2.8–4.2) 0.569
Hemoglobin, g/L 130–175 128.0 (115.3–140.0) 136.0 (121.3–146.0)  < 0.0001 108.0 (88.0–125.0) 97.0 (81.0–121.0) 0.010
Hematocrit, % 40–50 37.8 (34.6–40.9) 39.4 (36.1–42.5)  < 0.0001 32.5 (26.5–37.2) 31.0 (25.8–37.4) 0.365
Platelet, × 109/L 125–350 201.0 (152.0–260.0) 239.5 (190.0–283.0)  < 0.0001 197.0 (140.0–276.0) 189.0 (135.0–274.0) 0.567
Mean platelet volume, fL 7.4–12.5 10.5 (9.7–11.2) 10.6 (10.2–11.4) 0.058 10.7 (10.2–11.5) 10.6 (10.0–11.7) 0.074
Coagulation panel
Prothrombin time, s 9–13 13.4 (12.6–14.0) 12.7 (11.8–13.7)  < 0.0001 12.7 (11.7–13.9) 12.5 (11.6–14.0) 0.613
INR 0.8–1.2 1.1 (1.0–1.1) 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.300 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.007
aPTT, s 23.3–32.5 30.1 (28.1–31.5) 29.9 (27.8–31.5) 0.621 30.7 (28.0–35.3) 32.4 (28.5–38.4) 0.079
Thrombin time, s 14–21 15.9 (15.0–17.0) 15.6 (14.4–16.6) 0.082 17.1 (16.3–18.2) 17.5 (16.3–19.4) 0.343
Fibrinogen, g/L 2–4 3.5 (2.6–4.3) 3.7 (3.2–4.3)  < 0.001 4.2 (3.4–5.4) 3.0 (2.4–3.8)  < 0.001
D-dimer, mg/L  < 0.55 0.6 (0.2–1.2) 0.5 (0.2–0.8)  < 0.0001 2.2 (0.8–5.2) 1.6 (0.8–3.8) 0.160