Whole-Transcriptome RNA Sequencing Reveals Significant Differentially Expressed mRNAs, miRNAs, and lncRNAs and Related Regulating Biological Pathways in the Peripheral Blood of COVID-19 Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of subjects with COVID-19 and health donors.

Characteristic	Control ()	Patients ()
Age, y,
Men, no. (%)	1 (25)	4 (40)
Women, no. (%)	3 (75)	6 (60)
Signs and symptoms
Fever		5 (50)
Cough		6 (60)
Sputum production		3 (30)
Sore throat		1 (10)
Stuffy nose		2 (10)
Gastrointestinal (GI) symptom
Abdominal pain		1 (10)
Chest computed tomography
Right ground-glass opacity		2 (20)
Right lung infiltrates		2 (20)
Left ground-glass opacity		3 (30)
Bilateral lung ground glass opacity		2 (20)
Bilateral lung infiltrates		1 (10)
Blood count, ×10^9/L,
Leukocyte
Lymphocyte
Inflammatory indicators,
C-reactive protein, mg/L
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), pg/mL
Interleukin-6, pg/mL

Abbreviations: COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; .