Table 3

- Biomarker trends of Coronavirus disease-19 mortality cases (at day of presentation, day 3-4, and 24-hours prior to death) admitted to PSMMC hospital between March and July 2020 (N=115).

Trends biomarkerMedian (minimum - maximum)P-value*
Day of presentationDay (3-4)24-hours prior to death
Lymphocytes (× 109/L)0.9 (0.0-5.3)0.8 (0.0-10.5)0.9 (0.0-7.9)0.182
Serum ferritin (pmol/L)686 (37-9164)832 (54-19864)1081 (15-30356)0.004
D-dimer (mcg/mL)1.53 (0.18-20.0)1.83 (0.30-20.0)3.81 (0.11-20.0)<0.001
Serum creatinine (mol/L)104 (18-1220)117 (15-978)172 (19-1627)0.059
C-reactive protein (mg/l)90 (1-359)76 (2-429)99 (5-385)0.478
Procalcitonin (mcg/l)0.4 (0.05-59.0)0.05 (0.05-57.0)1.2 (0.03-99.3)0.004

PSSMC: Prince Sultan Military Medical City, *Wilcoxon signed ranks test. p<0.05 was significant. The day 3-4 and 24-hours prior to death comparison had some missing values due to a number of the patients dying before they reached this stage.