Table 5.
Comparison between patients with and without liver cirrhosis
|  | No liver cirrhosis 61 (48.8%) | Liver cirrhosis 64 (51.2%) | P
 value | ||
| Hemoglobin (mg/dL) | 12 ± 2 | 12 ± 2 | 0.85 | ||
| Platelet count (× 1000/cmm) | 193 ± 107 | 171 ± 107 | 0.36 | ||
| TLC (× 1000/cmm) | 12 ± 10 | 9 ± 5 | 0.31 | ||
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.58 ± 1.89 | 1.21 ± 0.76 | 0.59 | ||
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 3 ± 4 | 3 ± 5 | 0.79 | ||
| Serum albumin (g/dL) | 3.3 ± 0.7 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 0.36 | ||
| Alanine transaminase (U/L) | 67 ± 67 | 50 ± 40 | 0.21 | ||
| Aspartate transaminase (U/L) | 60 ± 37 | 101 ± 137 | 0.89 | ||
| CT pattern | Consolidations and ground-glass opacities | 4 (6.55%) | 28 (43.75%) | < 0.001 | |
| Ground-glass opacities | 57 (93.45%) | 36 (56.25%) | |||
| Lesion distribution on CT | Bilateral | 58 (95.1%) | 64 (100.0%) | 0.11 | |
| Unilateral | 3 (4.9%) | 0 | |||
| COVID-19 severity | Moderate | 50 (81.96%) | 35 (54.69%) | 0.003 | |
| Severe | 11 (18.04%) | 29 (45.31%) | |||
| Azithromycin | 33 (54.1%) | 39 (60.9%) | 0.47 | ||
| Paracetamol | 16 (26.2%) | 29 (45.3%) | 0.04 | ||
| Supplementary vitamin C | 37 (60.7%) | 48 (75.0%) | 0.12 | ||
| Supplementary zinc | 33 (54.1%) | 36 (56.3%) | 0.85 | ||
| Lactoferrin | 3 (4.9%) | 15 (23.4%) | 0.004 | ||
| Other antibiotics | 28 (45.9%) | 43 (67.2%) | 0.019 | ||
| Anticoagulants | LMWH | 28 (45.9%) | 28 (43.8%) | 1 | |
| Warfarin | 1 (1.6%) | 2 (3.1%) | 1 | ||
| Steroids | 16 (26.2%) | 22 (34.4%) | 0.339 | ||
| Alive (discharged) | 52 (85.25%) | 31 (48.44%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Died at the hospital | 9 (14.75%) | 33 (51.56%) | |||
TLC: Thin layer chromatography; CT: Computed tomography; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.