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Table.2 Association between PCR result and study parameters

From: Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran

Variables

PCR positive N (%)

PCR negative N (%)

P value

Neurologic signs

21 (42.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0.003*

Liver involvement (> 4 fold increase in ALT or AST)

15 (30.6%)

2 (15.4%)

0.485

Lymphopenia at admission (lymphocyte count < 1000/ml)

10 (20.4%)

5 (38.5%)

0.177

Pulmonary involvement in imaging

49 (100.0%)

13 (100.0%)

ICU admission

24 (49.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.001*

Fever

47 (95.9%)

12 (92.3%)

0.513

Variables

PCR positive mean (SD)

PCR negative mean (SD)

P

WBC (/ml)

12170.00 ± 7337.02

8877.78 ± 5266.35

0.047*

Seg (%)

68.09 ± 18.97

73.56 ± 14.47

0.815

Lymph (%)

19.75 (26.00)

15.00 (19.00)

0.736ǂ

PLT (1000/ml)

289040.00 ± 221598.00

258777.78 ± 151754.55

0.141

Hb (mg/dl)

10.10 (2.80)

12.00 (3.30)

0.494ǂ

BUN (mg/dl)

10.00 (7.00)

12.00 (6.00)

0.835ǂ

Cr (mg/dl)

0.55 (0.27)

0.60 (0.40)

0.269ǂ

ALT (mg/dl)

71.50 (131.00)

44.00 (39.00)

0.009ǂ

AST (mg/dl)

54.00 (94.00)

52.00 (130.00)

0.059ǂ

LDH (mg/dl)

610.00 (485.00)

853.89 ± 444.56

0.194ǂ

CPK (mg/dl)

130.00 (154.00)

329.89 ± 331.73

0.332ǂ

ESR

32.50 (56.00)

48.89 ± 26.34

0.665ǂ

CRP

96.00 (72.00)

96.00 (64.00)

0.271ǂ

PT

13.00 (2.00)

14.44 ± 2.26

0.394ǂ

PTT

31.00 (5.00)

34.00 (9.00)

0.404ǂ

INR

1.10 (0.20)

1.20 (0.30)

0.308ǂ

  1. *Significant difference
  2. Comparison was performed using Fisher exact test
  3. Comparison was performed using an independent t-test
  4. ǂComparison was performed using the Mann–Whitney test