Table 2

-laboratory test results of patients with mild to moderate and severe COVID-19.

Parameters Mild to moderate disease (n=44)Severe disease (n=46)P-value
Normal rangeMedian (min-max) or mean±standard deviation
White blood cell count (× 109/L)5.2-12.47.5 (2.7-27.1)6.6 (1.3-18.6)0.916*
Lymphocytes count (× 109/L)0.9-5.21.2 (0.4-2.9)0.87 (0.3-9.8)0.006*
Hemoglobin (g/L)11-1613.8 ± 1.613.0 ± 1.90.043
C-reactive protein (mg/L)<55.4 (0.1-30.0)11.2 (0.9-41.3)<0.001*
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)180-350423 (84-850)465 (79-962)0.030*
D dimers (ng/mL)170-550887 (326-4763)1310 (449-4563)0.006*
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)<5034 (15-103)40 (10-100)0.353*
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)<5030 (5-96)27 (8-198)0.561*
Total protein(g/L)66-8366 (49-77)62 (43-73)0.002*
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)<248275 (150-402)329 (172-874)<0.001*
Ferritin (µg/L)23.9-336.2184 (17-1500)255 (47-1500)0.100*
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)0-0.50.10 (0.01-98.0)0.20 (0.01-11.18)0.003*
Troponin (ng/L)0-19.84.6 (0.4-233)6.35 (1.9-1830)0.011*
International normalized ratio0.8-1.251.00 (0.50-1.67)1.02 (0.40-2.02)0.196*
Neopterin (ng/mL)-4.14 (0.15-11.4)4.62 (1.8-21.6)0.021*
  • * Mann-Whitney U test,

  • Independend-Samples T test, bold numbers means p is significant