Mortality in ICU COVID-19 Patients Is Associated with Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR): Utility of NLR as a Promising Immunohematological Marker

Table 1

The difference between the mean of hematological parameters based on the outcome.

Parameter	Death (mean ± SD); (n = 158)	Discharge (mean ± SD); (n = 154)	value
WBC (/μL)	18981.64 ± 36343	12394.15 ± 40979	<0.0001
NEU (%)	84.01 ± 11.93	72.12 ± 12.48	<0.0001
LYM (%)	12.83 ± 12.18	19.92 ± 9.66	<0.0001
NLR	11.3 ± 10.93	5.8 ± 7.45	<0.0001
RBC (	3.99 ± 0.94	4.45 ± 0.72	<0.0001
Hb	10.97 ± 2.43	12.51 ± 2.14	<0.0001
HCT (%)	35.26 ± 28.43	36.95 ± 5.41	<0.0001
MCV (fl)	83.18 ± 9.5	88.25 ± 60.09	0.545
MCH	27.73 ± 4.02	28.29 ± 3.33	0.074
MCHC	32.87 ± 2.26	35.68 ± 24.75	<0.0001
RDW-SD	47.66 ± 8.8	42.45 ± 4.8	<0.0001
RDW-CV	15.5 ± 3.8	13.59 ± 1.91	<0.0001
PLT (/μL)	183763.24 ± 132951.34	216201.29 ± 144726.8	0.0004
PDW (%)	13.46 ± 3.26	18.93 ± 71.59	0.175
CRP (mg ⁄L)	119.06 ± 88.23	77.49 ± 66.09	<0.0001
ESR (mm ⁄hour)	46.99 ± 32.68	56.27 ± 35.33	0.018

p values are provided in bold font, which are important as significance measures.