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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Elevated interleukin (IL)-6 as a predictor of disease severity among Covid-19 patients: a prospective cohort study

 

Elevated IL-6 group, n = 101

Normal or non-elevated IL-6 group, n = 107

P value

Age (year), mean ± SD

55.57\(\pm\)17.12

51.72\(\pm\)15.29

0.09

BMI, mean ± SD

27.50\(\pm\)4.27

27.90\(\pm\)4.73

0.52

Sex, n (%)

Female

45 (42.5)

61 (57.5)

0.07

Male

56 (54.9)

46 (45.1)

HTN, n (%)

No

73 (47.1)

82 (52.9)

0.47

Yes

28 (52.8)

25 (47.2)

DM, n (%)

No

81 (48.8)

85 (51.2)

0.89

Yes

20 (47.6)

22 (52.4)

COPD, n (%)

No

100 (49.5)

102 (50.5)

0.21

Yes

1 (16.7)

5 (83.5)

CVD, n (%)

No

92 (48.4)

98 (51.6)

0.90

Yes

9 (50)

9 (50)

Cancer, n (%)

No

99 (49.7)

100 (50.3)

0.17

Yes

2 (22.2)

7 (77.8)

CRF, n (%)

No

96 (48.0)

104 (52.0)

0.49

Yes

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

Autoimmune disease, n (%)

No

98 (48.0)

106 (52.0)

0.29

Yes

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

RA, n (%)

No

92 (47.7)

101 (52.3)

0.36

Yes

9 (60.0)

6 (40.0)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

No

96 (49.2)

99 (50.8)

0.45

Yes

5 (38.5)

8 (61.5)

Asthma, n (%)

No

95 (49.2)

98 (50.8)

0.50

Yes

6 (40.0)

9 (60.0)

SBP, mean ± SD

 

132.63\(\pm\)19.83

131.32\(\pm\)17.10

0.61

DBP, mean ± SD

 

81.59\(\pm\)14.41

82.78\(\pm\)9.87

0.49

T, mean ± SD

 

36.83\(\pm\)0.69

36.60\(\pm\)0.48

0.99

RR, mean ± SD

 

20.67\(\pm\)7.16

20.58\(\pm\)7.20

0.93

 h, mean ± SD

 

92.25\(\pm\)18.32

92.70\(\pm\)14.11

0.84

O2 SAT, mean ± SD

 

89.80\(\pm\)6.28

91.60\(\pm\)4.96

0.23

WBC, mean ± SD

 

5.99\(\pm\)2.93

5.51\(\pm\)2.43

0.21

Neutrophil, mean ± SD

 

78.47\(\pm\)8.66

77.64\(\pm\)9.67

0.54

NLR, mean ± SD

 

4.63\(\pm\)2.74

4.94\(\pm\)5.24

0.63

Platelet, mean ± SD

 

186.55\(\pm\)71.35

198.05\(\pm\)90.60

0.32

AST, mean ± SD

 

41.87\(\pm\)24.68

43.66\(\pm\)40.38

0.71

ALT, mean ± SD

 

39.37\(\pm\)35.10

40.95\(\pm\)36.13

0.75

CRP, mean ± SD

 

73.91\(\pm\)54.30

74.97\(\pm\)49.92

0.93

  1. BMI: Body mass index; HTN: Hypertension; DM: Diabetes mellitus; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; CRF: Chronic renal failure; RA: Rheumatoid arthritis; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; T: Temperature; RR: Respiratory rate; HR: Heart rate; NLR: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine transaminase; CRP: C-reactive protein