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Table 3 Laboratory findings

From: Ruling out COVID-19 by chest CT at emergency admission when prevalence is low: the prospective, observational SCOUT study

Findings

All participants (N = 165)

COVID-19 present/overcome (n = 13)

COVID-19 absent (n = 152)

P value

Leucocyte count, × 109 per L

11.5 ± 9.4

12.9 ± 9.5

11.4 ± 9.4

.77

 < 10

82 (49.7)

6 (46.2)

76 (50.0)

.79

 ≥ 10

83 (50.3)

7 (53.8)

76 (50.0)

 

Lymphocyte count, × 109 per L, (n = 90)

1.2 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 0.9

1.2 ± 0.6

.31

 < 1.0

41/90 (45.6)

4/9 (44.4)

37/81 (45.7)

.94

 ≥ 1.0

49/90 (54.4)

5/9 (55.6)

44/81 (54.3)

C-reactive protein, mg/L, (n = 164)

68.9 ± 74.0

95.1 ± 88.2

66.6 ± 72.6

.34

Procalcitonin, ng/mL, (n = 93)

1.6 ± 4.6

0.6 ± 0.8

1.7 ± 4.8

.99

≥ 0.5

29/93 (31.2)

3/7 (42.9)

26/86 (30.2)

.67

IL-6, pg/mL, (n = 33)

154.7 ± 255.2

29.4 ± 20.8

177.9 ± 272.9

.34

d-dimers, mg/L, (n = 63)

1.0 ± 1.4

0.5 ± 3.6

1.1 ± 1.5

.74

> 0.5

29/60 (48.3)

2/5 (40.0)

27/55 (40.1)

> .99

Fibrinogen, g/L, (n = 72)

4.2 ± 1.7

4.6 ± 1.5

4.2 ± 1.7

.26

> 5.0

22/72 (30.6)

5/8 (62.5)

17/64 (26.6)

.051

Hemoglobin, g/L

119.7 ± 244.0

125. 1 ± 244.0

119.2 ± 249.0

.38

High-sensitive cardiac troponin I, pg/mL

    

 Male (n = 53)

79.8 ± 221.0

11.0 ± 7.6

98.7 ± 196.8

.78

 Female (n = 39)

90.5 ± 188.9

42.9 ± 51.1

81.8 ± 226.8

.25

 > 34 (male), > 16 (female)

35/92 (38.0)

1/7 (14.3)

34/85 (40.0)

.25

 NT-proBNP, ≥ 500 pg/mL, (n = 55)

18/55 (34.6)

2/3 (66.7)

16/52 (30.8)

.25

 Serum Ferritin, μg/L, (n = 57)

768.0 ± 1253.9

705.4 ± 581.4

775.3 ± 1314.0

.25

 > 300

26/56 (46.4)

4/6 (66.7)

22/50 (44.0)

.29

 Creatinine, μmol/L, (n = 160)

122.3 ± 90.7

116.3 ± 47.9

122.8 ± 93.7

.40

 > 150 (male), > 124 (female)

32/159 (20.1)

3/13 (23.1)

29/146 (19.9)

.73

  1. Data are mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. IL-6, interleukin-6