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Table 4 Blood routine results of patients with COVID-19 at hospital admission in overall population and by disease severitya

From: Clinical characteristics of 41 patients with pneumonia due to 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jilin, China

  

Patients

Mild

Moderate

Severe

P

Subjects, n

 

41

5

28

8

–

WBC (3.5–9.5 × 109/L)

Normal

36 (87.8)

5 (100)

26 (92.9)

5 (62.5)

0.046

 

Low

5 (12.2)

0

2 (7.1)

3 (37.5)

 

Lymphocyte percentage (20–40%)

Normal

26 (63.4)

3 (60)

18 (64.3)

5 (62.5)

0.398

 

Low

15 (36.6)

2 (40)

10 (35.7)

3 (37.5)

 

Lymphocyte count (1.1–3.2 × 109/L)

Normal

23 (56.1)

5 (100)

17 (60.7)

1 (12.5)

0.006

 

Low

18 (43.9)

0

11 (39.3)

7 (87.5)

 

CRP (0–6 mg/L)

Normal

19 (46.3)

5 (100)

14 (50)

0

0.002

 

Elevated

22 (53.7)

0

14 (0)

8 (100)

 

LDH (109–24 U/L)

Normal

32 (78)

5 (100)

24 (87.5)

3 (62.5)

0.007

 

Elevated

9 (22)

0

4 (14.3)

5 (62.5)

 

CK (26–174 U/L)

Normal

35 (85.4)

5 (100)

25 (89.3)

5 (62.5)

0.103

 

Elevated

6 (14.6)

0

3 (10.7)

3 (37.5)

 

CK-MB (0–24 U/L)

Normal

33 (80.5)

4 (80)

23 (82.1)

6 (75)

0.903

 

Elevated

8 (19.5)

1 (20)

5 (17.9)

2 (25)

 

CTnI (0–0.5 ng/mL)

Normal

0

0

0

0

0.621

 

Elevated

41 (100)

5 (100)

28 (100)

8 (100)

 

Myoglobin (0–85 mg/mL)

Normal

30 (73.2)

5 (100)

23 (82.1)

2 (25)

0.002

 

Elevated

11 (26.8)

0

5 (17.9)

6 (75)

 

AST (8–40 U/L)

Normal

35 (85.4)

5 (100)

23 (82.1)

7 (87.5)

0.571

 

Elevated

6 (14.6)

0

5 (17.9)

1 (12.5)

 

ALT (5–40 U/L)

Normal

27 (65.9)

5 (100)

19 (67.9)

3 (37.5)

0.064

 

Elevated

14 (34.1)

 

9 (32.1)

5 (62.5)

 
  1. a Reported as n (%), unless indicated otherwise. P values across the mild, moderate, and severe disease groups were derived by Fisher’s exact test. All blood routine results were obtained upon admission
  2. ALT alanine aminotransferase; AST aspartate aminotransferase; CK creatine kinase; CK-MB creatine kinase-myocardial band; CRP c-reactive protein; cTnI cardiac troponin-I; LDH lactate dehydrogenase; WBC white blood cell count