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Table 3

Inflammatory parameters at baseline, 7 days, and 14 days after diagnosis.

	At baseline	At 7 days	At 14 days	value
CRP (mg/dL)	1.54 [0.52–4.31]	1.63 [0.49–12.89]	3.23 [0.35–8.49]	0.28
PCT (mg/dL)	0.54 [0.37–0.75]	0.88 [0.21–1.17]	0.42 [0.20–0.84]	0.54
Ferritin (ng/mL)	1020 [601–1952]	1639 [702–2958]	1706 [603.5–3286]	0.28
WBC count (10^3/μL)	4.8 [4.5–6.9]	7.4 [4.3–11.1]	8.7 [6.6–12.4]	0.007
NLR	3.1 [2.6–7.5]	5.8 [2.5–22]	13.3 [3.2–22.6]	0.04
LCR	1.7 [0.4–1.9]	0.65 [0.08–1.01]	0.9 [0.01–4.9]	0.88
MLR	2.3 [1.7–3.5]	2.5 [1.7–4.0]	2.7 [1.7–3.3]	0.33
Fibrinogen (mgl/dL)	529.5 [328–610]	530 [411–718]	491.5 [468–517]	0.58
IL-6 (pg/mL)	36.0 [28.4–70.3]		80.6 [11.3–220.4]	0.721

^∗Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test (14 days vs baseline). CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; WBC: white blood cell; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; LCR: lymphocyte-to-C-reactive protein ratio; MLR: monocyte-lymphocyte ratio; IL-6: interleukin 6.