Evaluation of clinical and laboratory characteristics and factors affecting mortality in 500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study

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Table 1

- Symptoms of the patients on admission.

Symptoms	Total	Mortality (n=45)	Non-mortality (n=455)	P-values
Cough	293 (58.6)	35 (77.0)	258 (56.7)	0.16
Myalgia	166 (33.2)	10 (22.2)	156 (34.2)	0.55
Shortness of breath	148 (29.5)	32 (71.1)	116 (25.4)	0.001
Fever	120 (24.0)	20 (44.4)	100 (21.9)	0.05
Headache	81 (16.1)	4 (8.8)	77 (16.9)	0.19
Sore throat	76 (15.2)	2 (4.4)	74 (16.2)	0.64
Nausea and vomiting	71 (14.1)	7 (15.5)	64 (14.0)	0.67
Diarrhea	50 (10.0)	5 (11.1)	45 (9.8)	0.19

Values are presented as a number and percentage (%).

Table 2

- Laboratory parameters of the patients.

Findings	Total	Mortality (n=45)	Non-mortality (n=455)	P-values
Lymphopenia (<800)/	103 (20.5)	27 (60.0)	76 (16.7)	0.001
Ferritin >500mcg/L	99 (19.7)	21 (46.6)	78 (17.1)	0.05
D-dimer >1000 ng/ml	81 (16.2)	17 (37.7)	64 (14.0)	0.05
CRP >100mg/L	132 (26.5)	32 (71.1)	100 (21.0)	0.006
Thrombocytopenia (<150.000/mm3)	120 (24.0)	15 (33.3)	105 (23.0)	0.55
PNL/L >3.2	300 (60.0)	35 (77.8)	265 (58.2)	0.67
LDH > 250 IU/ml	253 (50.6)	33 (73.3)	220 (48.3)	0.19
Leukocytosis (>10.000)	45 (9.0)	15 (33.3)	30 (6.5)	0.16
Leucopenia	85 (17.0)	5 (11.1)	80 (17.5)	0.13

Values are presented as a number and percentage (%). CRP: C-reactive protein, PNL/L: polymorphous leukocytes/lymphocyte, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase