From: Glucocorticoid therapy does not delay viral clearance in COVID-19 patients
Variables | Mild and general group | Severe and critical group | ||||
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Non-GC group | GC group | p value | Non-GC group | GC group | p value | |
N | 460 | 30 | Â | 108 | 72 | Â |
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 (%) | Â | Â | 1 | Â | Â | 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 |