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Table 3 Laboratory data and imaging findings of patients with COVID-19

From: Compare the epidemiological and clinical features of imported and local COVID-19 cases in Hainan, China

 

All patients

(N = 91)

Local cases

(n = 35)

Imported cases

(n = 56)

P values

Blood routine

 White cell count (× 109/L), Mean (SD)

5.45 (2.42)

5.57 (1.70)

5.38 (2.79)

0.502

   > 10.0

5 (5.5%)

1 (2.9%)

4 (7.1%)

0.645

   < 4.0

21 (23.1%)

5 (14.3%)

16 (28.6%)

0.116

 Lymphocytes (× 109/L), Mean (SD)

1.26 (0.62)

1.45 (0.59)

1.14 (0.61)

0.022

   < 1.1

39 (42.9%)

8 (22.9%)

31 (55.4%)

0.002

 Platelets (×  109/L), Mean (SD)

205.8 (69.9)

239.7 (68.3)

184.6 (62.6)

0.001

   < 150

23 (25.3%)

3 (8.3%)

20 (35.7%)

0.005

 Hemoglobin (g/L), Mean (SD)

133.0 (18.1)

131.7 (17.7)

133.8 (18.5)

0.412

Blood biochemistry

 Alanine aminotransferase (U/L, normal range 3–35), Median (IQR)

21.3 (14.7–34.8)

22.0 (15.0–31.0)

20.7 (13.8–35.4)

0.427

  Increased (n, %)

20 (22.0%)

6 (17.1%)

14 (25.0%)

0.379

 Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L, normal range 3–40), Median (IQR)

22.0 (17.0–30.1)

24.0 (20.0–32.0)

20.0 (15.3–28.0)

0.170

  Increased (n, %)

12 (13.2%)

4 (11.4%)

8 (14.3%)

0.761

 Total bilirubin (μmol/L, normal range 4.0–17.1), Median (IQR)

9.0 (6.5–13.4)

9.8 (5.9–13.9)

8.4 (6.5–11.8)

0.410

  Increased (n, %)

13 (14.3%)

3 (8.6%)

10 (17.9%)

0.218

 Albumin (g/L, normal range 35.0–55.0), Median (IQR)

42.3 (36.2–47.1)

46.7 (41.4–49.6)

39.3 (34.7–44.4)

0.001

  Decreased (n, %)

18 (19.8%)

4 (11.4%)

14 (25.0%)

0.114

 PT (sec), Median (IQR)

11.3 (10.8–11.8)

11.3 (10.3–12.4)

11.4 (10.8–12.5)

0.407

 Serum creatinine (μmol/L), Median (IQR)

65.8 (48.0–76.9)

68.0 (50.9–77.0)

59.0 (47.0–76.8)

0.835

 Creatine kinase (U/L), Median (IQR)

63.0 (46.0–93.6)

70.0 (46.0–127.0)

62.0 (45.0–84.0)

0.013

 C-reaction protein (mg/L), Median (IQR)

12.3 (2.2–45.1)

5.3 (1.2–30.5)

17.0 (3.0–51.3)

0.022

 Procalcitonin (ng/mL), Median (IQR)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

0.04 (0.02–0.09)

0.03 (0.01–0.06)

0.778

Chest CT finding

 Unilateral pneumonia

16 (17.6%)

8 (22.9%)

8 (14.3%)

0.296

 Bilateral pneumonia

75 (82.4%)

27 (77.1%)

48 (85.7%)

0.296

 Lung periphery

79 (86.8%)

29 (82.9%)

50 (89.3%)

0.526

 Ground-glass opacity

80 (87.9%)

30 (85.7%)

50 (89.3%)

0.743

 Multiple Infiltration

76 (83.5%)

26 (74.3%)

50 (89.3%)

0.061

 Bilateral lung periphery ground-glass opacity

70 (76.9%)

25 (71.4%)

45 (80.4%)

0.325

 Nodule

11 (12.1%)

2 (5.7%)

9 (16.1%)

0.193

 Lung consolidation

8 (8.8%)

3 (8.6%)

5 (8.9%)

1.000

 Pleural effusion

2 (2.2%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (3.6%)

0.521

  1. Data are n (%) and mean (SD). N is the total number of patients with available data. P values for comparing two groups were derived using Fisher’s exact test for categorized variables and the t-test for continuous variables
  2. COVID-19 Coronavirus disease-2019; CT Computed tomography; SD Standard deviation; IQR Interquartile range