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. 2021 Aug 9;8(1):e000969. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000969

Table 4.

Laboratory values in the two cohorts of patients with COVID-19 with and without idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) before and after propensity score matching

Outcome Before propensity matching After propensity matching
IPF cohort (n=251) Non-IPF cohort (n=310 809) P value IPF cohort (n=251) Non-IPF cohort (n=251) P value
Patients with outcome Mean (SD) Patients with outcome Mean (SD) Patients with outcome Mean (SD) Patients with outcome Mean (SD)
C reactive protein (mg/L) 80 70.11 (77.96) 33 169 63.50 (77.20) 0.44 80 70.11 (77.96) 70 66.40 (77.49) 0.77
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) 72 400.88 (212.88) 26 623 411.63 (508.58) 0.86 72 400.88 (212.88) 58 389.78 (348.61) 0.82
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hour) 24 44.67 (31.32) 9903 51.92 (32.42) 0.27 24 44.67 (31.32) 17 42.53 (31.84) 0.83
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 109 47.84 (130.06) 54 603 49.69 (155.41) 0.90 109 47.84 (130.06) 98 33.15 (39.90) 0.28
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 108 47.82 (103.17) 53 037 57.06 (358.16) 0.79 108 47.82 (103.17) 96 36.66 (23.07) 0.30
Bilirubin (mg/dL) 107 0.65 (0.53) 54 338 0.63 (1.06) 0.80 107 0.65 (0.53) 99 0.59 (0.34) 0.32
Ferritin (ng/mL) 70 1019.95 (1643.80) 30 142 974.95 (2785.47) 0.89 70 1019.95 (1643.80) 62 688.53 (915) 0.16
Creatinine (ng/dL) 123 1.47 (1.32) 64 487 1.18 (1.38) 0.02 123 1.47 (1.32) 115 1.59 (1.77) 0.56