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Table 1 Comparison of baseline variables between patients with confirmed COVID-19 and MP

From: Quantitative CT comparison between COVID-19 and mycoplasma pneumonia suspected as COVID-19: a longitudinal study

Variables

COVID-19

(n = 10)

MP

(n = 13)

p value

Age(years)

38.80 ± 13.43

34.46 ± 12.61

0.435

Sex (n, %)

  

0.580

 Female

5 (50%)

5 (38.5%)

 

 Male

5 (50%)

8 (61.5%)

 

BMI

24.85 ± 3.24

22.82 ± 4.54

0.245

Travel history (n, %)

  

0.560

 Yes

2 (20%)

1 (7.7%)

 

 No

8 (80%)

12 (92.3%)

 

COVID-19 contact history (n, %)

  

0.001

 Yes

9 (90%)

1 (7.7%)

 

 No

1 (10%)

12 (92.3%)

 

Temperature (°C)

37.55 ± 0.59

38.02 ± 1.04

0.215

LEU (× 109 L)

5.95 ± 2.06

7.133 ± 3.04

0.303

LYM (× 109 L)

1.43 ± 0.44

1.44 ± 0.50

0.279

NEU (× 109 L)

3.55 ± 1.24

5.033 ± 2.74

0.127

MON (× 109 L)

0.36 ± 0.33

0.54 ± 0.24

0.151

EOS (× 109 L)

0.09 ± 0.04

0.59 ± 0.034

0.206

ESR (mm/h)

17.40 ± 5.13

20.92 ± 5.98

0.671

PCT (ng/L)

0.66 ± 0.21

0.14 ± 0.040

0.500

CRP (mg/L)

8.14 ± 4.47

25.94 ± 5.11

0.022

  1. BMI, Body Mass Index; CRP, C-reactive protein; EOS, eosinophils; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; LEU, leucocytes; LYM, lymphocytes; MON, monocytes; MP, mycoplasma pneumonia; NEU, neutrophils; PCT, procalcitonin
  2. The p values of the two groups were obtained using t tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables