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Table 2 Lymphocyte count and outcome of the included studies

From: Lymphopenia in severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Smoking (%)

COPD (%)

Poor outcome (%)

Lymphocyte count in good outcome (/μL)

Lymphocyte count in poor outcome (/μL)

Lymphopenia cutoff

Lymphopenia in good outcome (%)

Lymphopenia in poor outcome (%)

Ruan et al. 2020 [7]

NR

2.0

68/150 (45%), death

1420 (2140)

600 (320)

NR

NR

NR

Yang et al. 2020 [6]

4

7.6 (CLD)

20/52 (38%), death

740 (840)

620 (370)

NR

NR

NR

Zhou et al. 2020 [20]

5.7

3.1

54/191 (28%), death

1100 (800–1500)

600 (500–800)

NR

NR

NR

Chen et al. 2020 [23]

13.8

4.9

31/123 (25%), death

910 (410)

700 (360)

NR

NR

NR

Huang et al. 2020 [5]

7.3

2.4

13/41 (31%), ICU

1000 (700–1100)

400 (200–800)

≤ 1000

15/28 (54%)

11/13 (85%)

Wang et al. 2020 [24]

NR

2.9

36/138 (26%), ICU

900 (600–1200)

800 (500–900)

NR

NR

NR

Cao et al. 2020 [25]

5.6

NR

19/198 (9%), ICU

1230 (860–1565)

760 (530–940)

≤ 1000

1/179 (0.6%)

16/19 (84%)

Wu et al. 2020 [26]

NR

2.5 (CLD)

84/201 (41%), ARDS

1080 (720–1450)

670 (490–990)

NR

NR

NR

Liu et al. 2020 [27]

NR

3.7

53/109 (48%), ARDS

1000 (800–1400)

700 (400–1100)

NR

NR

NR

Guan et al. 2020 [28]

14.4

1.1

173/1099 (15%), severe

1000 (800–1400)

800 (600–1000)

≤ 1500

584/726 (83.2%)

147/153 (96.1%)

Liu et al. 2020 [29]

6.4

10.0

11/78 (14%), severe

1000 (680–1390)

530 (300–1150)

NR

NR

NR

Zhang et al. 2020 [10]

NR

2.7

55/221 (24%), severe

900 (600–1200)

700 (400–900)

≤ 1100

115/166 (69%)

48/55 (87%)

Zhang et al. 2020 [11]

6.4

1.4

58/140 (34%), severe

800 (600–1200)

700 (500–1000)

≤ 1100

58/82 (70.%)

46/56 (82.1%)

Wan et al. 2020 [12]

6.7

0.7 (CLD)

40/135 (29%), severe

1200 (800–1600)

800 (600–1000)

≤ 1100

36/95 (38%)

32/40 (80%)

Qu et al. 2020 [13]

NR

NR

3/30 (10%), severe

1010 (450)

1160 (550)

NR

NR

NR

Qin et al. 2020 [14]

1.5

2.6

286/452 (63%), severe

1000 (700–1300)

800 (600–1100)

NR

NR

NR

Wang et al. 2020 [15]

23.6

5.4

38/110 (34%), severe

1210 (530)

600 (310)

NR

NR

NR

Feng et al. 2020 [16]

4.9

2.8

15/141 (10%), severe

1200 (800–1600)

700 (600–1000)

NR

NR

NR

Lei et al. 2020 [17]

NR

NR

7/51 (13%), severe

1300 (900–1700)

370 (300–600)

NR

NR

NR

Liu et al. 2020 [18]

NR

NR

13/40 (32.5%), severe

1100 (800–1400)

600 (600–800)

NR

NR

NR

Cai et al. 2020 [19]

NR

NR

58/298 (19%), severe

1300 (1000–1800)

970 (650–1190)

≤ 1100

75/240 (31.3%)

39/58 (67%)

Liu et al. 2020 [21]

6.6

8.2

17/61 (27%), severe

1100 (900–1400)

900 (700–1100)

NR

NR

NR

Tabata et al. 2020 [22]

17.3

6.7 (CLD)

28/104 (26%), severe

NR

NR

< 1200

19/76 (25%)

16/28 (57.1%)

  1. Lymphocyte count presented as median (IQR) or mean (SD). Smoking includes current and/or former smoker
  2. NR not reported, CLD chronic lung disease/pulmonary disease