Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Comparison of clinical parameters according to LDH level in 57 MERS-Cov patients

From: Chest radiographic score and lactate dehydrogenase are independent risk factors linked to mortality in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) patients

Variable	Group statistics
Variable	LDH	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	p-value
AST	≤ 512	37	45.43	41.51	0.11
AST	> 512	20	424.55	1018.84
ALT	≤ 512	37	54.22	49.58	0.04
ALT	> 512	20	138.95	166.31
Age in years	≤ 512	37	41.3	11.25	0.01
Age in years	> 512	20	51.6	14.97
Ventilation days	≤ 512	37	2.81	6.01	0.001
Ventilation days	> 512	20	11.8	9.56
Chest radiographic score	≤ 512	37	2.01	3.7	0.001
Chest radiographic score	> 512	20	11.34	5.43
Admission days	≤ 512	37	9.22	6.85	0.05
Admission days	> 512	20	13.55	9.08

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