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. 2021 Apr 15;11(2):180–190.

Table 4.

Correlations between the hematological markers of COVID-19 patients

WBC NLR PLR MLR PLT MPV PDW PCT PLCR RDW SD RDW CV
WBC r 1 0.44 0.15 0.41 0.11 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 -0.02 0.02
p <0.0001 0.001 <0.0001 0.010 0.27 0.29 0.25 0.27 0.71 0.69
NLR r 0.44 1 0.52 0.85 0.01 0.03 0.01 -0.01 0.02 -0.04 -0.01
p <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.87 0.53 0.86 0.80 0.68 0.43 0.87
PLR r 0.15 0.52 1 0.33 0.33 0.06 0.04 -0.002 0.05 0.03 0.002
p .001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.18 0.38 0.96 0.22 0.54 0.96
MLR r 0.41 0.85 0.33 1 0.05 0.05 0.04 -0.02 0.04 -0.08 0.02
p <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.27 0.23 0.37 0.69 0.39 0.09 0.67
PLT r 0.11 0.01 0.33 0.05 1 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.07
p 0.01 0.87 <0.0001 0.27 0.44 0.69 0.25 0.34 0.07 0.10
MPV r 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.04 1 0.91 -0.44 0.96 0.01 0.02
p 0.27 0.53 0.18 0.23 0.44 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.82 0.72
PDW r 0.05 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.91 1 -0.47 0.89 0.02 .045
p 0.29 0.86 0.38 0.37 0.69 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.69 .317
PCT r 0.05 -0.01 -0.002 -0.02 0.05 -0.44 -0.47 1 -0.44 -0.001 -.073
p 0.25 0.80 0.96 0.69 0.25 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.98 .100
PLCR r 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.96 0.89 -0.44 1 -0.02 .024
p 0.27 0.68 0.22 0.39 0.34 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.73 .593
RDWSD r -.017 -0.34 0.03 -0.08 0.08 0.01 0.02 -0.001 -0.02 1 0.06
p 0.71 0.43 0.54 0.09 0.07 0.82 0.69 0.98 0.73 0.17
RDWCV r .017 -0.01 0.002 0.02 0.07 0.02 0.05 -0.07 0.02 0.06 1
p .696 0.86 0.96 0.67 0.10 0.72 0.32 0.10 0.59 0.17

*r: correlation coefficient, p value less than 0.05 is considered statistically significant. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was calculated for studying association between laboratory parameters in COVID positive.