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Table 2 Effect of glucocorticoid on the outcome and inflammatory response on discharge of COVID-19 patients

From: Glucocorticoid therapy does not delay viral clearance in COVID-19 patients

Variables

Mild and general group

Severe and critical group

Non-GC group

GC group

p value

Non-GC group

GC group

p value

N

460

30

 

108

72

 

Hospital stay (days)

23.00 [16.00, 33.00]

32.50 [23.25, 38.00]

0.002

29.00 [17.00, 44.00]

40.50 [31.75, 52.50]

< 0.001

Viral RNA clearance (days)

22.00 [11.00, 35.00]

23.50 [14.00, 34.25]

0.737

25.50 [13.00, 39.00]

26.00 [17.00, 42.00]

0.471

Total course (days)

43.00 [29.00, 57.00]

41.00 [31.50, 47.75]

0.816

49.00 [37.50, 63.50]

49.00 [43.00, 63.00]

0.341

Outcome (%)

  

1

  

0.555

 Survival

446 (99.8)

30 (100.0)

 

92 (90.2)

62 (86.1)

 

 Death

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

10 (9.8)

10 (13.9)

 

Inflammatory response, median (IQR)

 CRP (mg/L)

2.93 [0.90, 10.00]

4.15 [2.04, 10.50]

0.378

3.19 [0.77, 21.20]

4.59 [1.16, 13.15]

0.457

 IL-6 (pg/mL)

3.00 [2.00, 7.00]

5.00 [2.00, 12.50]

0.253

16.00 [4.75, 36.00]

9.50 [7.25, 32.00]

0.986

 Fib (g/L)

3.58 [2.78, 4.84]

3.96 [3.58, 11.43]

0.227

3.53 [2.84, 14.39]

3.90 [3.60, 10.90]

0.275

 WBC (109/L)

5.55 [4.40, 6.55]

5.20 [4.25, 6.08]

0.568

5.93 [5.00, 7.50]

6.80 [4.90, 8.55]

0.485

 Neutrophil (109/L)

3.17 [2.49, 4.04]

3.05 [2.25, 3.98]

0.641

3.76 [2.85, 5.20]

4.79 [3.09, 6.80]

0.178

 Monocyte (109/L)

0.46 [0.36, 0.57]

0.49 [0.41, 0.66]

0.177

0.43 [0.35, 0.66]

0.51 [0.40, 0.63]

0.311

 Lymphocyte (109/L)

1.56 [1.25, 1.91]

1.47 [1.23, 1.88]

0.801

1.21 [0.97, 1.79]

1.10 [0.85, 1.55]

0.207

 PLT (109/L)

209.0 [173.0, 258.0]

212.0 [183.8, 266.5]

0.923

212.0 [151.0, 236.0]

183.0 [144.0, 250.0]

0.615

 Hb (g/L)

128.5 [117.25, 138.8]

133.0 [127.0, 137.0]

0.667

117.5 [102.5, 129.0]

119.0 [100.0, 125.0]

0.669

 CD3 (count/μL)

1144 [861, 1293]

1002 [793, 1282]

0.791

509 [162.0, 1026]

683.5 [478.8, 1112]

0.508

 CD4 (count/μL)

625.0 [514.0, 831.5]

498.0 [385.0, 801.0]

0.442

306.0 [65.3, 585.5]

338.5 [257.5, 547.0]

0.449

 CD8 (count/μL)

357.0 [246.0, 454.0]

364.0 [248.5, 478.5]

0.845

133.0 [72.3, 341.5]

257.0 [190.3, 389.3]

0.257

 NK (count/μL)

201.0 [128.0, 271.5]

90.0 [55.0, 132.0]

0.008

52.5 [40.0, 124.00]

93.50 [62.5, 117.3]

0.257

 B cell (count/μL)

171.0 [132.5, 265.0]

248.0 [146.0, 328.5]

0.493

68.5 [58.5, 126.8]

115.0 [94.3, 156.0]

0.299