Table 5.

- Comparisons of the laboratory parameters among patients admitted in the intensive care unit.

Characteristics	ICU admission (−)		ICU admission (+)		P-value
	Mean ± SD	Median–Range	Mean ± SD	Median–Range
Age, years	28.89 ± 6.06	28–30	32.43 ± 7.46	34–22	0.154*
Gestational week at admission	25.4 ± 10.05	27–34	29.43 ± 8.94	33–23	0.284*
White blood cells	8.57 ± 3.16	7.9–14.1	6.83 ± 2.47	5.8–6.8	0.084
Lymphocyte	19.49 ± 7.78	18.4–43.6	19.86 ± 6.06	20.7–16.7	0.810*
Neutrophil	73.23 ± 10.21	74.2–80.19	74.81 ± 7.06	72.7–20.2	0.818*
Hemoglobin	11.54 ± 1.55	11.7–7.8	11.49 ± 1.15	11.5–3	0.887
Hematocrit	39.27 ± 33.51	36.5–378.5	35.83 ± 3.23	36.2–8.9	0.698
Platelet	237.02 ± 71.28	230–477	224 ± 34.26	230–96	0.722
Glucose	90.95 ± 28.13	84–201	106 ± 29.92	108–79	0.155
Urea	14.07 ± 5.22	13–26	15.29 ± 4.96	16–12	0.476*
Creatinine	0.52 ± 0.08	0.5–0.4	0.54 ± 0.05	0.5–0.1	0.351*
Aspartate transaminase	28.26 ± 41.4	19–359	56.29 ± 68.09	34–192	0.064
Alanine transaminase	23.65 ± 41.8	15–401	44.29 ± 73.84	16–203	0.439
Lactate dehydrogenase	245.19 ± 94.83	224.5–484	295 ± 81.17	300–228	0.070
D-dimer	736.84 ± 1049.08	413.5–6277	769.57 ± 986.89	411–2763	0.939
C-reactive protein	18.4 ± 24.4	11.2–130	62.3 ± 46.69	89.3–107.2	0.010
Ferritin	66.99 ± 89.2	30–452	137.86 ± 113.5	137–321	0.081
Procalcitonin	0.11 ± 0.18	0.05–0.9	0.2 ± 0.15	0.21–0.42	0.041
Vitamin D	15.25 ± 9.48	12.55–32.2	18.2 ± 5.94	18.2–8.4	0.732

*Indicates the p-values obtained from student’s t-test, whereas all other p-values were obtained from Mann–Whitney U test. Bold values denote statistical significance at the p<0.05 level. ICU: intensive care unit, SD: Standard deviation