Table 4. Frequency of laboratory profiles in relation to disease severity, age and sex among COVID-19 patients admitted to MCTC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020.

Parameters		Age		Sex		Disease severity
		<55 (%) n = 150	>55 (%) n = 290	Female (%) n = 170	Male (%) n = 270	Moderate (%) n = 72	Severe (%) n = 306	Critical (%) n = 62
ALT (U/l)	Elevated	56	62.3	44.4	66.8	53	59	65.4
AST (U/l)	Elevated	48.48	49.3	38	53.5	47.8	20.2	57
ALP (U/l)	Elevated	30	27.2	27	28.7	20.2	21.7	30.8
Creatinine (mg/dl)	Elevated	19.6	37	17.4	37.57	31.8	13	36.4
Urea (mg/dl)	Elevated	16.6	40.2	23.8	36.9	33.3	13	38.3
Troponin-T (pg/ml)	Elevated	37.8	59	47.6	54.7	39.13	36.2	59.8
CK-MB (U/l)	Elevated	30.3	28	34.9	26.1	14.4	27.5	31.7

ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; CK-MB: Creatinine kinase-MB.