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. 2022 Feb 23;3:44–53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.02.008

Table 8.

Correlation with inflammatory markers

Laboratory parameters Total cases
Cases with SIs
Cases without SIs
All Survived Died All Survived Died All Survived Died
CRP – n 13,670 12,633 1037 1493 902 591 12,177 11,731 446
Median (IQR) 9.8 (2.3–37.9) 8.9 (2.1–33.0) 34.8 (10.8–120.5) 17.3 (5.5–81.4) 13.4 (3.8–52.9) 30.7 (8.9–112.3) 9.3 (2.1–35.4) 8.6 (1.9–32.5) 35.5 (12.7–123.8)
D-dimer – n 13,490 12,434 1056 1514 896 618 11,976 11,538 438
Median (IQR) 232.4 (145.7–431.0) 220.8 (140.0–381.1) 660.5 (318.7–2210.3) 507.5 (260.2–1225.8) 399.7 (222.0–903.6) 793.0 (356.1–2406.8) 222.0 (141.0–387.1) 215.4 (137.4–363.0) 591.0 (306.3–2121.1)
Ferritin – n 11,895 10,940 955 1350 800 550 10545 10140 405
Median (IQR) 236.6 (102.1–493.4) 217.8 (94.7–455.5) 526.8 (270.3–1069.9) 419.6 (180.4–841.6) 316.6 (140.7–653.8) 578.6 (283.3–1068.8) 224.0 (97.1–465.0) 212.4 (93.1–443.4) 504.0 (258.1–1071.1)
IL-6 – n 11,237 10,218 1019 1408 810 598 9829 9408 421
Median (IQR) 21.6 (7.7–56.8) 19.3 (7.0–49.0) 82.6 (31.8–215.4) 50.1 (18.8–127.6) 35.4 (12.9–86.7) 73.2 (31.9–172.5) 20.0 (7.2–51.5) 18.7 (6.8–46.2) 86.5 (33.8–232.0)
LDH – n 9773 8945 828 1092 629 463 8681 8316 365
Median (IQR) 301.0 (234.0–402.0) 291.0 (230.0–381.0) 517.0 (375.8–741.0) 410.0 (300.8–573.8) 345.0 (261.0–469.0) 517.0 (389.0–720.0) 295.0 (231.0–390.6) 288.0 (229.0–377.0) 519.0 (361.5–767.0)
CPK – n 6131 5577 554 648 334 314 5483 5243 240
Median (IQR) 100.0 (59.0–200.0) 97.0 (58.0–187.4) 162.0 (69.0–370.5) 112.5 (55.0–246.0) 102.5 (50.0–200.3) 133.0 (58.7–316.0) 99.0 (59.0–196.0) 97.0 (58.0–188.0) 183.0 (77.0–444.0)
Trop-1 – n 5989 5185 804 998 531 467 4991 4654 337
Median (IQR) 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 (0.0–0.2) 0.0 (0.0–0.1) 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.1 (0.0–0.2) 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 (0.0–0.3)
ALC – n 16,620 15,129 1491 1883 1105 778 14,737 14024 713
Median (IQR) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 0.8 (0.5–1.2)
CTSS – n 9030 8536 494 847 564 283 8183 7972 211
Median (IQR) 11.0 (7.0–15.0) 10.0 (6.0–14.0) 17.0 (13.0–21.0) 15.0 (10.0–19.0) 14.0 (9.0–18.0) 17.0 (14.0–21.0) 10.0 (7.0–14.0) 10.0 (6.0–14.0) 17.0 (13.0–21.0)

SI, secondary infection; CRP, C-reactive protein; IQR, interquartile range; IL-6, interleukin-6; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; ALC, absolute lymphocyte count; CTSS, high-resolution computed tomography chest severity score.