Lymphopenia as a Biological Predictor of Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study

• Published in: Cancers Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 471
• Main Authors: Lee, Jongmin, Park, Sung-Soo, Kim, Tong Yoon, Lee, Dong-Gun, Kim, Dong-Wook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.01.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Cohort analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Lymphocytes; Lymphopenia; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Mortality; Oxygen; COVID-19; mortality; prediction; SARS-CoV-2; lymphopenia

We aimed to identify whether lymphopenia is a reliable prognostic marker for COVID-19. Using data derived from a Korean nationwide longitudinal cohort of 5628 COVID-19 patients, we identified propensity-matched cohorts (n = 770) with group I of severe lymphopenia (absolute lymphocyte counts [ALC]: &...