Clinical characteristics and risk factors for liver injury in COVID-19 patients in Wuhan

Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between the two groups

	Normal liver function group	Abnormal liver function group	P value
Total cases	139	79	-
Average age (yr)	45.66 ± 17.82	57.94 ± 16.57	< 0.001
Age ≥ 60 yr (%)	42 (30.2)	39 (49.4)	0.005
Males (%)	40 (28.8)	54 (68.4)	< 0.001
Severe disease1 (%)	17 (12.2)	21 (26.6)	0.007
Coexisting illness n (%)	38 (27.3)	38 (48.1)	0.002
Hypertension	26 (18.7)	26 (32.9)	0.018
Diabetes	11 (7.9)	11 (13.9)	0.157
Coronary heart disease	9 (6.5)	12 (15.2)	0.036
Chronic lung disease	6 (4.3)	10 (12.7)	0.023
Cerebrovascular disease	4 (2.9)	8 (10.1)	0.0522
Chronic kidney disease	3 (2.2)	2 (2.5)	0.7692
Chronic liver disease	1 (0.7)	2 (2.5)	0.6182
Malignancy	4 (2.9)	3 (3.8)	0.9772

¹Severe disease includes severe and critical pneumonia.

²Chi square test with continuous correction was used.