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.