Gastrointestinal implications in COVID-19

Zoghi, Ghazal; Moosavy, Seyed Hamid; Yavarian, Sadegh; HasaniAzad, Mehdi; Khorrami, Farid; Sharegi Brojeni, Masoud; Kheirandish, Masoumeh

doi:10.1186/s12879-021-06824-y

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Comparison of laboratory test results and primary vital signs in COVID-19 patients with GI or respiratory symptoms

From: Gastrointestinal implications in COVID-19

Variable	Total	GIA	RA	GIR	WGIR	P-value*
Variable	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	P-value*
Temperature (°C)	37.22 ± 0.72	37.17 ± 0.83	37.24 ± 0.68	37.21 ± 0.71	37.22 ± 0.67	0.886
HR (bpm)	83.71 ± 17.94	89.71 ± 20.56^a,b	81.82 ± 17.49^a,c	86.56 ± 16.85^d	75.22 ± 13.62^b,c,d	< 0.001^†
RR (/min)	20.07 ± 6.96	19.92 ± 6.36	19.13 ± 2.45	21.23 ± 10.04	20.19 ± 6.96	0.065^†
SBP (mmHg)	119.46 ± 19.11	117.94 ± 20.95	120.02 ± 17.45	117.51 ± 19.26	123.59 ± 19.88	0.109
DBP (mmHg)	74.73 ± 12.35	75.07 ± 14.06	74.61 ± 10.62	72.81 ± 11.35^a	78.21 ± 14.95^a	0.017
Hb (g/dL)	12.33 ± 2.12	11.90 ± 2.47	12.47 ± 1.98	12.50 ± 2.17	12.15 ± 1.90	0.187^†
WBC (/µL)	7282.25 ± 6026.07	9445.57 ± 9457.23^a	6306.59 ± 3548.21^a	7234.06 ± 4308.89	7448.75 ± 7966.51	0.011^†
Lymphocyte (%)	23.68 ± 12.79	19.70 ± 13.82^a	25.13 ± 12.26^a	23.95 ± 12.63	23.88 ± 12.59	0.019
Neutrophil (%)	68.44 ± 14.95	73.64 ± 15.50^a,b	66.57 ± 14.57^a	67.39 ± 14.56^b	69.29 ± 14.94	0.005
Hct (%)	37.25 ± 5.73	35.68 ± 7.49	37.66 ± 5.06	37.63 ± 5.84	37.23 ± 4.74	0.182^†
Platelet (/µL)	214,811.84 ± 93,586.39	224,787.50 ± 86,840.71	217,412.43 ± 90,167.11	206,345.59 ± 96,070.53	213,475.00 ± 103,255.24	0.538
PTT (s)	35.92 ± 17.95	34.50 ± 11.85	34.73 ± 9.71	38.19 ± 26.24	34.01 ± 5.52	0.535
PT (s)	15.19 ± 12.82	15.52 ± 8.49	13.76 ± 3.04	17.55 ± 22.61	14.15 ± 4.60	0.204^†
INR	1.20 ± 0.95	1.39 ± 1.05	1.19 ± 1.26	1.11 ± 0.29	1.19 ± 0.72	0.377
ALT (U/L)	45.10 ± 36.42	55.03 ± 60.52	40.52 ± 22.97	45.43 ± 30.35	45.15 ± 39.52	0.183^†
AST (U/L)	51.64 ± 61.79	72.18 ± 1118.98	46.37 ± 37.86	46.71 ± 37.47	52.49 ± 56.60	0.355^†
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.41 ± 2.92	1.95 ± 4.12	0.98 ± 1.04	1.67 ± 4.03	1.30 ± 1.67	0.262^†
PG (mg/dL)	132.25 ± 83.99	127.16 ± 72.20	137.94 ± 85.33	121.44 ± 71.45	142.50 ± 107.29	0.362^†
BUN (mg/dL)	33.57 ± 34.14	49.85 ± 60.75^a,b	29.45 ± 19.82^a	32.72 ± 23.98	27.31 ± 31.17^b	0.019^†
Cr (mg/dL)	1.31 ± 1.71	1.61 ± 2.27	1.13 ± 0.87	1.34 ± 2.02	1.32 ± 1.81	0.211^†
LDH (mg/dL)	540.26 ± 813.20	592.14 ± 864.66	476.16 ± 275.08	690.62 ± 1323.84	395.86 ± 252.51	0.088
ESR (mm/h)	37.97 ± 27.08	31.88 ± 25.10	42.09 ± 27.99^a	33.39 ± 26.15^a	40.18 ± 26.50	0.017
CRP (mg/L)	7.31 ± 14.29	16.26 ± 23.96	6.18 ± 12.09	15.74 ± 15.36	4.35 ± 12.70	0.068^†
Troponin (µg/dL)	330.6 9 ± 3426.62	1155.98 ± 7288.37	53.73 ± 383.07	340.67 ± 2561.97	41.24 ± 168.17	0.588^†
Na (mEq/L)	138.06 ± 5.04	137.82 ± 4.76	138.48 ± 5.56	137.98 ± 4.34	137.49 ± 5.26	0.525
K (mEq/L)	4.22 ± 0.56	4.23 ± 0.71	4.28 ± 0.56	4.15 ± 0.49	4.18 ± 0.52	0.272
Mg (mEq/L)	2.03 ± 0.61	1.82 ± 0.28	2.00 ± 0.39	1.77 ± 0.35	2.11 ± 0.79	0.585

RA respiratory alone, GIA gastrointestinal alone, GIR gastrointestinal and respiratory, WGIR without gastrointestinal or respiratory, SD standard deviation, HR heart rate, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, Hb hemoglobin, WBC white blood cells, Hct hematocrit, PTT partial thromboplastin time, PT prothrombin time, INR international normalized ratio, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, PG plasma glucose, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr creatinine, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, Na sodium, K potassium, Mg magnesium
*Analyzed by one-way ANOVA
^†Analyzed by robust tests of equality of means
^a–dStatistically significant differences by post-hoc analysis

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