Table 2.

Correlation between MEG3 and various indicators

Paraments	Correlation with MEG3 (r)	P-value
Age	0.036	0.742
BMI	0.158	0.141
WBC (109/L)	0.159	0.069
Neutrophils	0.772	<0.001
CRP (mg/L)	0.634	<0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)	0.299	0.005
Lymphocyte (109/L)	0.058	0.594
PCT (ng/mL)	0.727	<0.001
Delay from symptom onset to hospital admission	0.145	0.177

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin.