Research Article
Efficacy of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Based on Antibody Concentration
Table 2
Primary and secondary outcomes.
| Outcome | Nucleocapsid protein | RBD | S1 subunit | High ab conc. (N = 51) | Low ab conc. (N = 45) | value | High ab conc. (N = 48) | Low ab conc. (N = 48) | value | High ab conc. (N = 48) | Low ab conc. (N = 48) | value |
| Primary outcome | | | | | | | | | | 30-day mortality—no. (%) | 12 (23.5) | 10 (22.2) | 0.88 | 11(22.9) | 11(22.9) | 1.00 | 9(18.8) | 13(27.1) | 0.33 | Secondary outcomes | | | | | | | | | | Subsequent receipt of invasive ventilation in previously nonventilated—no. (%) | 8/42 (19.0) | 9/38 (23.7) | 0.61 | 9/41 (22.0) | 8/39 (20.5) | 0.88 | 9/43 (20.9) | 8/37 (21.6) | 0.94 | Length of hospital stay | 14.2 ± 8.2 | 18.3 ± 13.3 | 0.07 | 15.2 ± 8.2 | 17.0 ± 13.3 | 0.42 | 14.9 ± 8.0 | 17.4 ± 13.4 | 0.26 | Number of ventilator days (including those who subsequently received mechanical ventilation) | 12.3 ± 8.11 | 19.8 ± 14.98 | 0.08 | 12.8 ± 8.3 | 18.9 ± 14.9 | 0.16 | 12.8 ± 8.3 | 18.3 ± 14.4 | 0.21 |
| Overall mortality based on time to transfusion to death/end of cohort observation period | 30-day mortality based on time from symptom onset to plasma transfusion—no. (%) | | | | | | | | | | Infusion <10 days | 14/67 (20.9) | | | | | | | | | Infusion >/ = 10 days | 8/29 (27.6) | | | | | | | | |
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Plus–minus values are means ± SD. |