Analysis of laboratory blood parameter results for patients diagnosed with COVID‐19, from all ethnic group populations: A single centre study

Abstract

Introduction: Although factors such as age, sex, diabetes, obesity and changes in certain laboratory investigations are important prognostic factors in COVID-19 infection, these may not apply to all ethnic/racial groups. We hypothesized differences in routine biochemistry and haematology indices in Caucasian and a combined group of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) patients who tested positive for COVID-19 who died, compared to survivors. Methods: We tested our hypothesis in 445 patients (229 Caucasian, 216 BAME) admitted to secondary care with proven COVID-19 infection, in whom standard routine laboratory indices were collected on admission. Results: After 28 weeks, 190 (42.7%) had died within 28 days of COVID diagnosis (97 Caucasians [42.4%], 93 BAMEs [43.1%], P =.923). A general linear model analysis found the ethnicity interaction with mortality to be significant for fibrinogen, ferritin and HbA 1c (after controlling for age). In a multivariate analysis, a neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio > 7.4 and a urea/albumin ratio > 0.28 increased the odds of death for both the Caucasian and the BAME group. Additional factors increasing the odds ratio in the BAME group included age >60 years and being diabetic. Conclusion: Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and urea/albumin ratio are simple metrics that predict death to aid clinicians in determining the prognosis of COVID-19 and help provide early intensive intervention to reduce mortality. In the BAME groups, intensive monitoring even at younger age and those with diabetes may also help reduce COVID-19 associated mortality.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.13538
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School
Additional Information: © 2021 The Authors. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19,biochemistry,ethnic groups,haematology,mortality indicators,Hematology,Clinical Biochemistry,Biochemistry, medical
Publication ISSN: 1751-553X
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2024 08:26
Date Deposited: 04 May 2021 09:02
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2021-10
Published Online Date: 2021-05-03
Accepted Date: 2021-03-26
Submitted Date: 2021-02-10
Authors: Marwah, Mandeep (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4881-003X)
Marwah, Sukhjinder
Blann, Andrew
Morrissey, Hana
Ball, Patrick
Wandroo, Farooq A.

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