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Table 2 The laboratory findings of COVID-19 in middle-aged (40–59 years) patients without comorbidities

From: Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in middle-aged patients without comorbidities: a multicentre retrospective study

Characteristics

All patients N = 119

Non-severe N = 101

Severe N = 18

p valuea

White blood cell count (3.5–9.5 × 109/L)

7.76 (6.15,10.0)

7.60 (6.11,9.03)

9.00 (6.73,11.3)

0.004

  < 4 (n,%)

7 (5.9)

7 (6.9)

0 (0)

0.543

 4–10 (n,%)

93 (78.2)

81 (80.2)

12 (66.7)

0.201

  > 10 (n,%)

19 (16.0)

13 (12.9)

6 (33.3)

0.029

Neutrophil count (1.8–6.3 × 109/L)

5.73 (4.66,7.11)

5.57 (4.47,6.91)

7.61 (6.08,9.34)

0.001

 > 6.3 (n,%)

49 (41.2)

37 (36.6)

12 (66.7)

0.017

Lymphocyte count (1.1–3.2 × 109/L)

1.05 (0.73,1.57)

1.17 (0.89,1.62)

0.53 (0.44,0.77)

 < 0.001

 < 0.8 (n,%)

36 (30.3)

22 (21.8)

14 (77.8)

 < 0.001

NLR

4.97 (3.18,9.26)

4.34 (3.06,7.11)

14.9 (10.1,18.7)

 < 0.001

Haemoglobin (316-354 g/L)

128 (119,136)

128 (119,136)

130 (122,134)

0.856

Platelet count (125–350 × 109/L)

245 (191,302)

245 (192,312)

247 (167,273)

0.313

 < 100 (n,%)

3 (2.5)

1 (1.0)

2 (11.1)

0.059

D-dimer (0–1.5 μg/ml)

0.70 (0.34,1.23)

0.62 (0.32,0.96)

1.58 (1.09,3.78)

 < 0.001

 > 1 (n,%)

36 (31.3)

22 (22.4)

14 (82.4)

 < 0.001

ALT (9-50U/L)

31 (21,65)

29 (19,59)

55 (31,119)

0.021

Prealbumin (200–430 mg/L)

155 (104,219)

161 (106,225)

129 (99,165)

0.162

Albumin (40–55 g/L)

31.7 (29.8,35.8)

32.4 (30.0,36.1)

30.5 (27.8,31.7)

0.014

Bilirubin (0-26μmmol/L)

9.70 (6.70,14.3)

9.80 (6.85,13.7)

9.60 (6.48,17.2)

0.986

Troponin (0–28 pg/mL)

2.5 (0.9,4.3)

2.4 (0.8,4.2)

2.9 (1.3,5.5)

0.572

Total cholesterol (3.3–5.2mmoL/L)

3.83 (3.28,4.34)

3.81 (3.28,4.36)

3.95 (3.34,4.29)

0.978

Triglyceride (0.51–1.70mmoL/L)

1.42 (1.13,1.92)

1.35 (1.11,1.89)

1.48 (1.23,1.94)

0.487

Low density lipoprotein (2.1–3.37mmoL/L)

2.27 (1.83,2.78)

2.27 (1.83,2.78)

2.29 (1.81,2.72)

0.830

High density lipoprotein (1.04–1.55 mmoL/L)

0.92 (0.79,1.12)

0.95 (0.79,1.14)

0.89 (0.79,0.99)

0.477

Serum creatinine (44–97 μmol/L)

68.7 (55.9,77.8)

69.4 (56.4,78.7)

66.0 (53.7,69.6)

0.159

Creatine kinase (0–190U/L)

72.5 (43.0,123)

67.0 (44.0,124)

96.0 (39.5,121)

0.618

CK-MB (0–25U/L)

12.0 (10.0,16.0)

12.0 (9.0,15.0)

16.0 (10.8,18.0)

0.069

HS-CRP (0–5 mg/L)

27.7 (6.65,79.9)

21.2 (6.10,79.2)

45.2 (26.7,74.2)

0.108

LDH (120–250 U/L)

307 (225,363)

290 (214,352)

351 (299,454)

0.007

IL-6 (0–7 pg/ml)

8.33 (5.85,11.6)

8.38 (5.87,11.6)

7.62 (5.85,12.7)

0.669

Procalcitonin (0–0.05 ng/ml)

0.05 (0.05,0.05)

0.05 (0.05,0.05)

0.08 (0.05,0.10)

0.002

SOFA score, median (IQR)

1 (0,2)

1 (0,2)

2 (1,3)

0.002

Unilateral pneumoniab (n, %)

9 (7.6)

9 (8.9)

0 (0)

0.352

Bilateral pneumoniac (n,%)

110 (92.4)

92 (91.1)

18 (100)

0.188

  1. Values are median (IQR) unless stated otherwise
  2. COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, ALT alanine amino transferase, CK-MB creatine kinase isoenzyme-MB, HS-CRP high sensitive c reaction protein, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, IL-6 interleukin-6, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
  3. ap values indicate differences between severe and non-severe. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  4. bAny patient with a chest radiograph or CT imaging of pulmonary infections manifested single lung shadowing
  5. cAny patient with a chest radiograph or CT imaging of pulmonary infections manifested double lung shadowing