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

Table 5 Blood routine results of patients with COVID-19 at hospital admission by disease severity^a

Variables	Normal range	Mild(n = 5)	Moderate(n = 28)	Severe(n = 8)	P value
WBC,(10^9/L)	3.5–9.5	6.46 (4.18,7.86)	5.56 (4.85,6.55)	4.60 (2.97,5.03)	0.063
Lymphocyte percentage, (%)	20–40	23.6 (18.1,44.5)	21.8 (14.6,28.9)	24.4 (14.7,28.7)	0.670
Lymphocyte count, (10^9/L)	1.1–3.2	2.15 (1.14,2.43)	1.20 (0.81,1.65)	0.91 (0.65,1.18)	0.052
CRP,(mg/L)	0–6	2.10 (1.45,6.45)	7.00 (2.58,31.90)	52.45 (20.53,81.78)	0.003
LDH,(U/L)	109–245	210.0 (182.5283.0)	205.5 (181.3244.3)	258.5 (209.5311.0)	0.184
CK,(U/L)	26–174	114.0 (63.0,135.0)	75.0 (58.0,123.8)	113.0 (49.3249.8)	0.866
CK-MB,(U/L)	0–24	20.0 (16.0,64.0)	15.0 (11.0,20.0)	20.5 (12.0,56.5)	0.133
cTnI,(ng/mL)	0–0.5	1.20 (0.75,1.75)	1.30 (0.65,1.90)	9.05 (1.95,10.83)	0.007
myoglobin,(mg/mL)	0–85	22.8 (19.1,25.9)	26.0 (21.3,32.2)	141.6 (19.4171.3)	0.267
AST,(U/L)	8–40	28.0 (23.5,30.0)	25.0 (20.0,32.0)	31.5 (24.3,39.0)	0.384
ALT,(U/L)	5–40	24.0 (15.0,45.0)	29.0 (19.0,49.0)	26.5 (20.0,47.5)	0.858

^a Reported as median, and interquartile range (IQR) values. P values across the mild, moderate, and severe disease groups were derived by Kruskal-Wallis H test and Bonferroni correction. All blood routine results were obtained upon admission
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

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