Table 3.
Laboratory investigations among asthmatic and non-asthmatic children with COVID-19
| Variable | Asthmatic (N=3) | Non-Asthmatic (N=3) | Z | P-value | ||||
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| Min-Max | Median | IQR | Min-Max | Median | IQR | |||
| TLC (count/mm3) | 3600-22000 | 7,000 | 5,000 to 13,000 | 2700-19000 | 7,275 | 5,200 to 9,275 | -0.049 | 0.961 |
| ANC (count/mm3) | 1400-16300 | 4,200 | 3,000 to 7,000 | 1400-16200 | 4,450 | 3,839 to 6,450 | -0.296 | 0.767 |
| ALC (count/mm3) | 550-6500 | 2,000 | 900.0 to 3,000.0 | 200-6600 | 1,945 | 1,025.0 to 2,625.0 | -0.120 | 0.905 |
| NLR | 0.7-11.7 | 2.20 | 1.30 to 4.90 | 0.8-32 | 2.50 | 1.70 to 3.85 | -0.162 | 0.871 |
| Monocytes (count/mm3) | 100-2500 | 325.0 | 230.0 to 700.0 | 116-1000 | 437.5 | 285.0 to 625.0 | -1.312 | 0.190 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 8-13 | 11.0 | 9.0 to 12.0 | 9-15 | 11.6 | 10.8 to 12.5 | -1.998 | 0.046 |
| MCV (fl) | 68-90 | 77.5 | 71.0 to 83.0 | 68-90 | 80.0 | 77.0 to 85.5 | -1.094 | 0.274 |
| Platelets (count/mm3) | 152000-935000 | 323,000 | 272,000 to 400,000 | 142000-714000 | 287,500 | 204,000 to 335,500 | -2.015 | 0.044 |
| ESR (mm/h) | 7-110 | 25.0 | 15.0 to 35.0 | 10-110 | 25.0 | 15.0 to 52.5 | -0.917 | 0.359 |
ALC: absolute lymphocyte count, ANC: absolute neutrophil count, ESR: erythrocytes sedimentation rate, IQR: interquartile range, Max: maximum, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, Min: minimum, N: number, NLR: neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, TLC: total leukocytes count.