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. 2021 Nov 14;27(42):7362–7375. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7362

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.