Table 3.

COVID-19 Clinical and Laboratory Indices

Co-Morbidities and Laboratory findingsNon-Survivor vs Survivor7Refractory vs Non-refractory disease4ARDS vs No ARDS6Severe vs Non-severe disease8Non-Survivor vs Survivor10Non-Survivor vs Survivor9
Hypertension48% vs 23%No significant difference27.4% vs 13.7%No significant differenceNo significant difference61.9% vs 28.5%
Diabetes mellitus31% vs 14%12% vs 3%19% vs 5.1%No significant differenceNo significant differenceNo significant difference
Coronary artery or cardiovascular disease24% vs 1%14% vs 0%No significant differenceNo significant difference13% vs 2%57.1 vs 10.8%
Respiratory disease or COPD7% vs 1%NANANo significant differenceNo significant differenceNA
Leukocytes, 109/L9.8 vs 5.2No significant difference8.32 vs 5.02 109/mL**5.3 vs 4.59.1 vs 5.58.9 vs 5.1
Lymphocytes, 109/L0.6 versus 1.1No significant difference0.67 vs 1.08 109/mL**0.7 vs 0.80.5 vs 0.90.7 vs 0.8
Platelets, 109/L165.5 vs 220159 vs 179178 vs 187 × 109/mL**NA113 vs 206.5NA
ESRNANo significant differenceNo significant differenceNANANA
CRP, mg/LNA46 vs 2383 vs 23447.6 vs 28.778.7 vs 25.486.4 vs 36
LDH, U/L521 vs 253.5293 vs 241396 vs 257NA569 vs 272NA
Ferritin1435.3 vs 503.2 µg/LNA1029 vs 457 ng/mLNANANA
D-dimer, µg/mL5.2 vs 0.6No significant difference1.16 vs 0.520.4 vs 0.22.1 vs 0.71.1 vs 0.5
PT, seconds12.1 vs 11.4NA11.7 vs 10.6NA14.9 vs 14.1No significant difference
Interleukin-6, pg/mL11.0 vs 6.3NA7.39 vs 6.29NA48.4 vs 4.2NA
Procalcitonin, ng/mL0.1 vs 0.1No significant differenceNo significant difference0.1 vs 0.050.19 vs 0.050.1 vs 0.1
  • ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PT, prothrombin time; NA, not addressed; vs, versus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  • *Clinical significance was defined by P < .05. Percentages are reported as prevalence of the co-morbidity within each respective group. Laboratory findings were specified as values on admission for all 5 retrospective cohort studies.

  • ** We believe 109/mL units are reflected as an error and should reflect 109/L. We have contacted the referenced journal to inquire.