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Table 2 Patients’ clinical characteristics and laboratory results at admission

From: COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Experience from the First Two Waves of Pandemic

 

All patients (n = 475)

Survivors (n = 428)

Non-survivors (n = 47)

p-value

Presentation symptoms

Fever

249 (52.4)

217 (50.7)

32 (68.1)

0.03

Cough

276 (58.1)

240 (56.1)

36(76.6)

0.01

Dyspnea

162 (34.1)

129 (30.1)

33 (70.2)

 < 0.001

Diarrhea

95 (20)

92 (21.5)

3 (6.4)

0.006

Anosmia

23 (4.8)

23 (5.4)

0

0.08

Initial examination findings

Pulse rate (/min)

80 (67–89)

80 (65–88)

88 (80–97)

0.007

SpO2 value (%)

98 (94–99)

98 (94–99)

94 (88–99)

0.006

Respiratory rate (/min)

19 (18–20)

18 (18–20)

22 (18–26)

0.015

Blood pressure (mmHg)

    

 Systolic

120 (110–130)

120 (110–130)

120 (120–130)

0.871

 Diastolic

80 (70–80)

80 (70–80)

80 (70–80)

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Laboratory results at admission

 Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

1.15 (0.9–1.6)

1.15 (0.9–1.6)

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

0.762

 Leucocyte count (/mm3)

6300 (4565–8300)

6300 (4500–8300)

6300 (4725–8300)

0.749

 Lymphocyte count (/mm3)

1000 (670–1595)

1100 (700–1650)

743 (500–1153)

0.033

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.8 (11.2–15)

12.8 (11.2–14)

12.7 (10.9–14.1)

0.988

 Platelet count (/mm3)

201 (158–265)

201 (162–266)

183 (131–262)

0.156

 Serum CRP levels (mg/L)

20 (5–57)

18 (5–49)

66 (13–150)

0.001

 Serum ALT levels (IU/L)

20 (14–29)

20 (14–29)

20 (16–36)

0.597

 Serum AST levels (IU/L)

20 (16–29)

20 (16–28)

26 (17–35)

0.032

 Serum LDH levels (IU/L)

238 (189–317)

227 (186–297)

344 (250–537)

 < 0.001

 Serum D-dimer (ng/mL)

386 (201–795)

373 (200–764)

480 (211–1290)

0.54

 Serum Ferritin (ng/mL)

354 (130–768)

296 (113–726)

630 (239–1523)

0.011

 Serum Albumin (g/dL)

4 (3.5–4.3)

4 (3.6–4.3)

3.5 (3.1–4.1)

 < 0.001

 Serum IL-6 (pg/mL)

0.43 (0.15–1.41)

0.23 (0.15–1.33)

3.15 (1–1.9)

0.016

 Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

0.1 (0.05–0.6)

0.09 (0.04–3.13)

0.78 (0.18–4.15)

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: SpO2 blood oxygen saturation levels, CRP C-reactive protein, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, IL-6 Interleukin 6
  2. P-values compared survivors and non-survivors, obtained from the Chi-Square test, Fisher’s exact test, or Mann–Whitney U test. Data were presented as n (%) or median [Interquartile range 25–75] unless otherwise noted
  3. Bold indicates statistically significant associations (p < 0.05)