Increased levels of lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are associated with severe illness of COVID-19

Table 3 Radiologic characteristics of the patients (n = 140)

	Mild illness (n = 114)	Severe illness (n = 26)	P value
Affected sites (n, %)
Left upper lobe	90 (78.9)	16 (61.5)	0.08
Left lower lobe	107 (93.9)	23 (88.5)	0.39
Right upper lobe	86 (75.4)	14 (53.8)	0.052
Right middle lobe	73 (64.0)	19 (73.1)	0.49
Right lower lobe	105 (92.1)	22 (84.6)	0.26
Bilateral lungs	109 (95.6)	26 (100.0)	0.58
Features (n, %)
Irregular patches	110 (96.5)	23 (88.5)	0.12
Ground-glass opacity	90 (78.9)	6 (23.1)	< 0.0001
Consolidation	29 (25.4)	26 (100.0)	< 0.0001
Nodules	12 (10.5)	0	0.12
Wedge-shaped opacity	1 (0.9)	4 (15.4)	0.004
Pleural effusion	3 (2.6)	8 (30.8)	< 0.0001