The Prognostic Role of Metabolic and Endocrine Parameters for the Clinical Severity of COVID-19

Table 3

Comparison of parameters between ICU-admitted and non-ICU-admitted patients.

Variable	Non-ICU	ICU	value
Age (years)			0.83
Duration of hospitalization (days)			0.01
WBC	6500 (5000-8700)	8000 (6675-11825)	0.02
Lymphocyte			0.76
ESR (mm/h)			0.09
CRP (mg/lit)	28 (11.75-119.0)	45 (25-96.65)	0.63
LDH (U/l)	530 (335.75-718.75)	586 (418.5-1123.8)	0.28
BS (mg/dl)			0.81
Cholesterol (mg/dl)			0.48
LDL (mg/dl)			0.25
TG (mg/dl)			0.98
HDL (mg/dl)			0.76
ALT (IU/l)	22.5 (11.5-42.0)	34 (16-94)	0.10
AST (IU/l)	37.5 (23.5-54.5)	39 (25-87.5)	0.26
Ca (mg/dl)			0.85
P (mg/dl)			0.01
Albumin (gr/dl)			0.58
Mg (mg/dl)			0.95
Cr (mg/dl)			0.47
Na (mEq/l)			0.96
K (mmol/l)			0.95
T3 (ng/dl)			0.11
Free T4 (ng/dl)			0.48
TSH (mIU/l)	1.12 (0.56-1.99)	0.84 (0.36-2.55)	0.52
Cortisol (μg/dl)	36.54 (11.6-45.3)	42.9 (13.1-67.2)	0.12
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	8.7 (8.0-32.5)	19.3 (8.8-33.3)	0.42
Diabetes (%)	7 (30.4)	10 (29.4)	0.934
Smoking (%)	5 (21.7)	3 (8.8)	0.247
CVD (%)	3 (13.0)	3 (8.8)	0.677
Hypertension (%)	2 (8.7)	10 (29.4)	0.097
Readmission (%)	1 (4.5)	9 (26.5)	0.036
Mortality (%)	0 (0)	24 (70.6)	<0.0001

IQR: interquartile range; WBC: white blood cell; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; BS: blood sugar; TG: triglyceride; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; Ca: calcium; Mg: magnesium; Cr: creatinine; Na: natrium; K: kalium; T3: tri-iodotironina; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; CVD: cardiovascular diseases; P: phosphate. value of nonparametric Mann–Whitney test. value of nonparametric -square test. value of the Fisher exact test.