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. 2021 Aug 5;16(8):e0254073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254073

Table 2. Comparison of haematological parameters with standard deviation between mild, moderate/severe and death groups, and survivor/non-survivor groups in COVID-19 patients.

Parameter Non-critical (Mild/Moderate) Group 1 (n = 59) Critical-Survivors (Severe) Group 2 (n = 23) Critical-Non-survivors (Death) Group 3 (n = 15) P value
Age(years) 49.2 ± 15.1 58.6 ± 16.4 * 69.2 ± 10.6*,& <0.001
Gender (F/M) 22/37 9/14 3/12
RBC (x106/uL) 4.49 ± 0.64 3.97 ± 0.71 * 3.67 ± 0.65* 0.008
Hgb (gr/dL) 12.7 ± 1.8 11.34 ± 2.04* 10.88 ± 1.99* 0.018
Hct (%) 37.94 ± 4.8 34.4 ± 5.79* 32.89 ± 6.01* 0.004
MCV (fL) 84.97 ± 5.46 86.81 ± 3.7 89.61 ± 4.34* 0.008
MCH (pg) 28.41 ± 1.97 28.55 ± 1.18 29.65 ± 1.53 0.124
MCHC (g/dl) 33.43 ± 1.19 32.91 ± 1.12 33.12 ± 1.41 0.085
RDW-CV (%) 13.29 ± 1.28 14.29 ± 1.35* 15.01 ± 1.9* 0.007
WBC (ˣ103/L) 7.3 ± 4.51 10.92 ± 5.69* 10.84 ± 8.31* 0.005
NEUT (%) 65.56 ± 15.09 76.24 ± 12.38* 85.55 ± 7.92*,& 0.002
LYMPH (%) 23.6 (13.1–32.3) 12.65 (7.3–19.5)* 7.6 (5.25–11.55) *,& 0.001
MONO (%) 8.5(6.9–10.6) 7.0 (4.95–9.22)* 5.0 (3.45–7.15) * 0.001
EO (%) 0.8 (0.20–2.10) 0.5 (0.10–1.65) 0.2 (0.0–1.10) * 0.015
BASO (%) 0.3 (0.2–0.5) 0.3 (0.1–0.4) 0.2 (0.1–0.4) 0.085
PLT (x103/μL) 241 ± 75 219 ± 84 90 ± 70 *,& 0.001
PDW (fL) 11.69 ± 1.89 14.29 ± 1.35* 15.01 ± 1.9* 0.011
MPV(fL) 10.26 ± 0.89 10.42 ± 1.36 13.37 ± 2.74* 0.014
P-LCR (%) 26.97 ± 7.08 28.08 ± 10.74 32.55 ± 8.23* 0.006
PCT (%) 0.27 ± 0.11 0.33 ± 0.15 0.17 ± 0.1*,& 0.002
AS-LYMPH (%) 0 (0–0.5) 0 (0.0.47) 0 (0–0.5) 0.093
RE-LYMPH (%) 1.9 (1.0–2.7) 1.2 (0.6–2.0)* 0.9 (0.5–1.3) *,& 0.003
NEUT-RI 49.64 ± 3.88 50.93 ± 3.98 53.77 ± 7.89* 0.014
NEUT-GI 151.24 ± 5.4 151.7 ± 5.08 150.78 ± 4.97 0.459
IG (%) 0.5 (0.3–1.1) 1.4 (0.8–2.9)* 0.9 (0.8–1.6) *,& 0.005
NRBC (%) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0.1) 1 (0–0.1) * 0.021
NLR 2.67 (1.8–5.1) 6.2(3.2–11.3)* 11.4 (6.9–16.8) *,& <0.001
MNR 0.139 (0.09–0.189) 0.092 (0.059–0.136)* 0.060 (0.038–0.087) *,& <0.001

Abbreviations: F:Female, M:Male, RBC: Red Blood Cell Count, Hgb: Hemoglobin, Hct(%): Haematocrit, MCV: Mean Cell Volume, MCH: Mean Cell Hemoglobin, MCHC: Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration, RDW-CV: Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-CV, WBC(%): % of White Blood Cells, NEUT(%): % of Neutrophils, LYMPH (%): % of Lymphocytes, MONO(%): % of Monocytes, EO(%): % of Eosinophils, BASO(%): % of basophils, PLT: Platelet Count, MPV: Mean Platelet Volume, PDW: Platelet distribution width, P-LCR: Platelet-Large Cell Ratio, PCT(%): Plateletcrit, AS-LYMPH(%):percentage of antibody synthesising lymphocyte, RE-LYMPH(%): Percentage of reactive lymphocyte, NEUT-RI: Neutrophil reactivity index, NEUT-GI: Neutrophil granularity index, IG(%): % of immature granulocytes, NRBC(%): % of nucleated red blood cells, NLR: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, MNR: Monocyte neutrophil ratio,

*,&: compared to critical survivors, critical non-survivors.