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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and laboratory tests of the primary cohort and validation cohort

From: Performances of clinical characteristics and radiological findings in identifying COVID-19 from suspected cases

Clinical characteristics

Primary cohort

(n = 239)

Validation cohort

(n = 59)

P value

Age, mean ± SD

46.30 ± 15.90

45.64 ± 16.57

0.614

Gender

 Male

134 (56.07%)

31 (52.54%)

0.733

 Female

105 (43.93%)

28 (47.46%)

 

Epidemiological history

 Direct contact

69 (28.87%)

19 (32.20%)

0.546

 Indirect contact

42 (17.57%)

13 (22.03%)

 

 None contact

128 (53.55%)

27 (45.76%)

 

Symptom

 Fever

168 (70.29%)

47 (79.66%)

0.202

 Cough

106 (44.35%)

31 (52.54%)

0.097

 Chest distress

27 (11.30%)

6 (10.17%)

0.988

 Diarrhea

5 (2.09%)

5 (8.47%)

0.042*

 Anorexia

5 (2.09%)

1 (1.69%)

1.000

Laboratory Test, median (inter-quartile range)

 WBC, median (range), × 109/L

5.28 (4.30–10.44)

5.96 (3.91–6.00)

0.101

 Lymphocyte count, median (range), × 109/L

1.19 (0.90–1.63)

1.21 (0.85–1.44)

0.746

 LDH, median (range), U/L

233.00 (193.00–271.40)

234 (199–290)

0.158

 CRP, median (range), mg/L

14.80 (4.8–42.93)

25.90 (3.7–30.30)

0.038*

 PCT, median (range), ng/mL

0.05 (0–0.19)

0.04 (0.02–0.06)

0.743

 ALT, median (range), U/L

30.00 (20.00–51.50)

29.90 (17.30–37.70)

0.558

 AST, median (range), U/L

28.00 (21.00–46.75)

28.00 (20.40–34.70)

0.450

  1. WBC: White blood cell count; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: Procalcitonin; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase