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. 2021 Apr 12;38:351. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.351.28831

Table 3.

baseline vital sign and laboratory markers related variables and comparison between Alive vs dead group among COVID-19 patients (n=147)

Variable Alive (Mean) Death (Mean) P-value
Vital sign at presentation
Temperature (oC) 36.4 36.2 0.237
Heart rate (Beats/min) 99.0 96.8 0.498
Respiratory rate (RR/min) 26.0 27.0 0.437
SBP (mmHg) 131.1 125.3 0.145
DBP (mmHg) 78.2 20.2 0.0001*
Spo2 (%) 93.1 89.3 0.001*
Complete cell count
Hemoglobin (mg/dl) 14.9 13.9 0.017*
Hematocrit (%) 43.5 42.5 0.411
White blood cell count (Cells/L) 64.3 14.9 0.510
Neutrophil % (%) 82.4 91.8 0.0001*
Absolute neutrophil count (cells/L) 12.2 13.8 0.616
Lymphocyte (%) 8.3 4.1 0.003*
Platelet count (cells/ L) 318.8 245.3 0.002*
Renal function test
Urea (mg/dl) 33.8 66.5 0.0001*
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.82 1.25 0.001*
Liver function test
Asparatate transaminase (IU/L) 60.3 67.9 0.540
Alanine transaminase (IU/L) 47.4 82.0 0.002*
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) 89.1 113.9 0.123
Electrolyte
Sodium (mEq/L) 149.5 139.2 0.576
Potassium (mEq/L) 4.36 4.43 0.752

N.B: P-values are for independent t-test (for continuous variables) and Chi-square test (for categorical variables). * statistically significant