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04 September 2020: Clinical Research

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Severe COVID-19 and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Yuanzhou He BCG , Min Xie DE , Jianping Zhao CF , Xiansheng Liu A*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927212

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927212

Table 2 Laboratory results of severe COVID-19 patients with and without COPD.

Normal rangeCOPD (n=28)Non-COPD (n=308)P value
Median (IQR)Median (IQR)
 Leukocyte count, ×10/L3.5–9.58.24 (5.23–13.67)5.72 (4.21–9.18)
 Neutrophil count, ×10/L1.8–6.36.78 (3.92–10.96)3.54 (2.38–7.66)
 Lymphocyte count, ×10/L1.1–3.20.46 (0.31–0.97)0.71 (0.51–1.27)
 Monocyte count, ×10/L0.1–0.60.29 (0.21–0.47)0.41 (0.27–0.57)
 Hemoglobin, g/L115–150132 (117–146)113 (98–134)
 Platelet count, ×10/L125–350171 (125–224)178 (128–237)0.585
 ALT, U/L≤3326 (15–45)23 (14–41)0.748
 AST, U/L≤3236 (22–57)32 (19–55)0.637
 Albumin, g/L35–5231 (24–45)33 (26–48)0.463
 UN, mmol/L3.1–8.87.1 (4.8–9.7)6.7 (4.0–9.1)0.379
 Cr, μmol/L45–10476 (51–109)71 (42–101)0.281
 CK, U/L≤170128 (64–282)113 (56–276)0.326
 LDH, U/L135–214427 (342–619)459 (354–651)0.194
 NT-proBNP, pg/L729 (253–2421)422 (153–1028)
 PT, s9–1312.4 (11.5–16.8)13.1 (12.2–17.9)0.871
 APTT, s25–31.332.4 (24.7–36.5)28.1 (21.4–30.8)0.415
 D-dimer, mg/L0–0.554.1 (1.3–16.4)1.9 (0.9–11.3)
 hsCRP, mg/L79.6 (43.5–121.4)49.1 (32.8–93.2)
 ESR, mm/H0–2029.0 (14.0–55.6)33.2 (19.2–61.3)0.712
 Ferritin, μg/L15–1501315 (564–2507)701 (278–1980)
 IL-2R, U/mL223–710962 (541–1237)576 (489–989)
 IL-6, ng/L37.8 (10.1–112.8)32.1 (6.5–97.3)0.312
 IL-8, ng/L29.4 (12.1–60.5)34.1 (14.6–68.2)0.295
 IL-10, ng/L11.2 (4.1–15.8)13.5 (5.3–17.6)0.631
 TNF-α, ng/L14.5 (7.9–22.8)9.6 (5.1–13.1)
 PCT, ng/mL0.02–0.050.21 (0.10–1.15)0.09 (0.05–0.18)
ALT – alanine aminotransferase; AST – aspartate aminotransferase; UN – urea nitrogen; Cr – creatinine; CK – creatine kinase; LDH – lactic dehydrogenase; PT – prothrombin time; APTT – activated partial thromboplastin time; hsCRP – high sensitive C-reactive protein; IL – interleukin; NT-proBNP – N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; TNF-α – tumor necrosis factor-α; PCT – procalcitonin; ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

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