| Illness severity | p-value†| ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mild/moderate | Severe | Very severe | ||
Sex; frequency (%) | ||||
 Male | 17 (41.46) | 16 (39.02) | 8 (19.51) | 0.193 |
 Female | 23 (57.50) | 14 (35.00) | 3 (7.50) |  |
Age; mean (SD) | 57.97 (17.14) | 62.10 (15.95) | 65.63 (17.18) | 0.859 |
Hospitalization days; mean (SD) | 4.45 (3.30) | 9.83 (5.65) | 10.60 (7.49) | 0.013 |
Initial symptoms: frequency (%) | ||||
 Fever | 29 (59.18) | 15 (30.61) | 5 (10.20) | 0.089 |
 Cough | 35 (49.30) | 26 (36.62) | 10 (14.08) | 0.934 |
 Sputum | 6 (66.67) | 2 (22.22) | 1 (11.11) | 0.533 |
 Muscular pain | 17 (47.22) | 13 (36.11) | 6 (16.67) | 0.767 |
 Tachypnea | 36 (48.00) | 28 (37.33) | 11 (14.67) | 0.523 |
Laboratory test; mean (SD) | ||||
 WBC (*103) | 7.36 (10.46) | 11.23 (16.80) | 12.55 (15.65) | 0.075 |
 Creatinine | 1.13 (0.59) | 1.17 (0.53) | 1.24 (0.87) | 0.300 |
 AST (U/L) | 20.30 (4.97) | 33.77 (24.09) | 25 (3.61) | 0.698 |
 Platelet | 212 (101.49) | 213.04 (101.51) | 153.27 (72.37) | 0.694 |
 Lymphocyte | 0.28 (0.11) | 0.35 (0.30) | 0.24 (0.29) | 0.008 |
 Neutrophil count *103 L | 0.65 (0.13) | 0.76 (0.19) | 0.84 (0.08) | 0.035 |
 CRP (mg/L) | 22.73 (16.65) | 44.09 (29.90) | 34.67 (30.14) | 0.823 |
 Glucose | 145.45 (49.15) | 137.67 (64.45) | 222.63 (108.93) | 0.498 |
 PTT | 29.28 (3.56) | 30.34 (6.27) | 32.78 (11.03) | 0.332 |
 Prothrombin time | 13.28 (3.76) | 13.51 (3.04) | 13.26 (1.32) | 0.490 |
 LDH (U/L) | 608.38 (724.34) | 714.62 (346.81) | 803.00 (397.04) | 0.910 |
Comorbidities; frequency (%) | ||||
 Diabetics | 5 (35.71) | 6 (42.86) | 3 (21.43) | 0.458 |
 Hypertension | 11 (47.83) | 9 (39.13) | 3 (13.04) | 0.970 |
 Cardiovascular disease | 6 (46.15) | 5 (38.46) | 2 (15.38) | 0.962 |
 COPD | 3 (60.00) | 1 (20.00) | 1 (20.00) | 0.704 |
 Hypothyroidism | 1 (33.33) | 3 (66.66) | 0 (0.00) | 0.516 |