Table 2.
Comparison of patients' characteristics (paraclinical data) according to COVID-19-related severity.
| Patient Characteristics | Mean ± Std dev | Disease Severity |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (n = 26) | Moderate (n = 30) | Severe (n = 37) | ||||
| Blood Test Resultsa | Zinc (μg/dL) | 67.61 ± 15.10 | 69.1 ± 15.2 | 69.4 ± 17.8 | 65.0 ± 12.4 | 0.417 |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | 9.14 ± 0.39 | 9.2 ± 0.3 | 9.1 ± 0.4 | 9.0 ± 0.3 | 0.043∗ | |
| Vitamin D (ng/mL) | 11.21 ± 21.40 | 20.0 ± 10.4 | 19.1 ± 11.2 | 24.5 ± 11.4 | 0.077 | |
| FBS (mg/dL) | 151.56 ± 80.78 | 105.5 ± 36.4 | 140.9 ± 78.5 | 173.1 ± 86.6 | 0.028∗ | |
| BUN (mg/dL) | 17.97 ± 12.89 | 13.3 ± 3.6 | 21.0 ± 18.5 | 18.4 ± 11.0 | 0.301 | |
| Cr (mg/dL) | 1.08 ± 0.48 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 0.169 | |
| NA (mmol/L) | 138.29 ± 12.43 | 140.4 ± 1.8 | 139.3 ± 4.4 | 136.3 ± 18.2 | 0.344 | |
| K (mmol/L) | 4.92 ± 4.77 | 6.6 ± 9.6 | 4.2 ± 0.3 | 4.4 ± 0.5 | 0.236 | |
| WBC (109/L) | 6.81 ± 2.63 | 6.9 ± 2.3 | 6.4 ± 3.3 | 6.9 ± 2.3 | 0.814 | |
| RBC (1012/L) | 4.53 ± 0.64 | 4.6 ± 0.4 | 4.3 ± 0.5 | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 0.329 | |
| Hb (g/dL) | 12.46 ± 1.55 | 13.1 ± 1.4 | 12.4 ± 1.6 | 12.1 ± 1.5 | 0.06 | |
| HCT (%) | 37.96 ± 4.16 | 39.0 ± 4.6 | 36.8 ± 4.3 | 38.1 ± 3.7 | 0.280 | |
| PLT (109/L) | 224.96 ± 84.71 | 232.2 ± 61.7 | 193.6 ± 71.0 | 240.1 ± 98.4 | 0.140 | |
| Lym (109/L) | 27.65 ± 18.19 | 27.4 ± 16.5 | 29.2 ± 16.6 | 26.7 ± 20.2 | 0.520 | |
| Neut (109/L) | 67.24 ± 12.53 | 68.0 ± 12.2 | 62.9 ± 15.2 | 69.5 ± 10.2 | 0.174 | |
| PH | 7.37 ± 0.06 | 7.3 ± 0.04 | 7.3 ± 0.04 | 7.3 ± 0.08 | 0.869 | |
| pCO2 (mmHg) | 37.54 ± 6.68 | 38.2 ± 4.5 | 37.2 ± 7.0 | 37.2 ± 8.0 | 0.947 | |
| pO2 (mmHg) | 34.56 ± 11.83 | 35.0 ± 12.0 | 34.4 ± 12.6 | 34.5 ± 11.1 | 0.101 | |
| HCO3 (meq/L) | 22.03 ± 2.35 | 21.5 ± 0.6 | 21.6 ± 2.5 | 22.6 ± 2.9 | 0.554 | |
| ESR (mm/hr) | 37.42 ± 24.87 | 33.8 ± 17.7 | 22.2 ± 12.1 | 47.0 ± 29.2 | 0.097 | |
∗significance level: p < 0.05.
a
FBS: Fasting Blood Sugar, BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen, Cr: Creatinine, Na: Sodium, K: Potassium, WBC: White Blood Cells, RBC: Red Blood Cells, Hb: Hemoglobin, HCT: Hematocrit, PLT: Platelet, Lym: Lymphocyte, Neut: Neutrophils, PH, pO2, pCO2, and HCO3: Arterial Blood Gas Test, ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.