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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants by death

From: Correlation between white blood cell count at admission and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study

Variables

Stratified by Death

Non-Death

Death

P value

No.

130

33

 

Female, n (%)

71 (52.3)

11 (33.3)

0.080

Age, ya

56.4 ± 13.5

70.3 ± 9.7

< 0.001

SBP, mmHga

129.7 ± 16.9

132.0 ± 19.8

0.500

DBP, mmHga

81.9 ± 10.6

78.1 ± 16.3

0.110

BMI, kg/m2a

23.9 ± 3.0

24.1 ± 3.8

0.828

PSI a

50.6 ± 36.6

105.5 ± 22.2

< 0.001

WBC, ×10^9/La

6.2 ± 3.3

10.3 ± 4.7

< 0.001

APO-Aa

0.9 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.2

< 0.001

APO-Ba

1.0 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.3

0.135

Fasting glucose, mmol/Lb

5.8 (5.4, 6.9)

7.2 (6.1, 9.1)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol, mmol/Lb

4.2 (3.7, 4.7)

3.9 (3.6, 4.3)

0.163

Triglycerides, mmol/Lb

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

1.3 (1.2, 2.0)

0.704

HDL cholesterol, mmol/Lb

0.9 (0.8, 1.2)

0.8 (0.6, 1.0)

0.013

CURB.65

  

< 0.001

0

67 (51.5)

2 (6.1)

 

1

42 (32.3)

4 (12.1)

 

2

19 (14.6)

17 (51.5)

 

3

2 (1.5)

10 (30.3)

 
  1. BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HDL High-density lipoprotein;
  2. aFor continuous variables, values are presented as mean ± SD
  3. bValues are presented as median (IQR)