The characteristics of laboratory tests at admission and the risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes of severe and critical COVID-19 patients.

BMC Infect Dis · 2021 · PMC8057654 · PMID 33879073

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We found that older age (HR 1.066, 95% CI 1.043 to 1.089) and higher white blood cell count (HR 1.135, 95% CI 1.080 to 1.192) were highly significant independent risk factors ( p value < 0.01).

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3 , we can observe an increasing trend of mortality as age increases.

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