Research Article
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda
Table 2
Median laboratory parameters among COVID-19 patients admitted at case hospital.
| | Laboratory variables | n | Median | Interquartile range |
| | Complete blood count | | White blood cells | 150 | 7.2 | 5.4–10.6 | | Basophils | 149 | 0.02 | 0.01–0.02 | | Lymphocytes | 151 | 1.2 | 0.8–1.9 | | Eosinophils | 148 | 0.01 | 0.0–0.06 | | Monocytes | 149 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.7 | | Platelets | 152 | 215 | 176–276 | | Haemoglobin | 149 | 14.4 | 12.7–15.9 | | MCV | 149 | 85.2 | 81.1–89.5 |
| | Renal function test | | Urea | 129 | 4.1 | 3.1–6.1 | | Creatinine | 137 | 75.7 | 61.7–96.1 | | Sodium | 139 | 138 | 134–140 | | Potassium | 138 | 4.1 | 3.7–6.4 | | Magnesium | 16 | 0.8 | 0.7–1.1 | | Calcium | 14 | 1.9 | 1.8–2.1 | | Chloride | 138 | 102 | 99–110 |
| | Liver function test | | ALT | 127 | 34 | 23–59 | | AST | 121 | 35 | 24–60 | | ALP | 63 | 63 | 50–87 | | GGT | 122 | 56 | 33–111 | | Albumin | 131 | 38.3 | 33.6–41.5 | | International normalized ratio | 37 | 1.35 | 1.16–1.66 | | Total bilirubin | 129 | 10.3 | 7.4–14.4 | | Direct bilirubin | 121 | 5.1 | 3.5–7.0 | | Vitamin D | 18 | 24.6 | 16.1–138.4 |
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