Siblings with coronavirus disease 2019 infection and opposite outcome—the hemodialysis’s better outcome paradox: Two case reports

Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics on day 1 and during admission

Clinical and laboratory characteristics	Patient 1, HD	Patient 2, non HD
Age	65	78
Sex	M	M
Race	Caucasian	Caucasian
BMI	28	31
Malnourished	Yes	No
Diabetes mellitus	Type 2	Type 2
Other	PAD	No
Days from illness onset to admission	3	3
Fever	Yes	Yes
Cough	No	Yes
Dyspnea	No	No
CT score	10	19
Respiratory failure	No	Yes
Gastrointestinal bleeding	Yes	Yes
WBC count (k/μL)	5900	13.500
Neutrophil count	4035	12.015
Lymphocyte count (k/μL)	1227	675
NLR	3.3	17.8
Ferritin (ng/mL)	341	542
CRP (mg/L)	45.3	210
Albumin (g/dL)	3.5	4.9
D- dimers (ng/mL)	3191	39364
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) (MDRD)	< 15	65
Frailty index	7	7
Charlson comorbidity index	7	4

BMI: Body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; CT: Computed tomography; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; HD: Hemodialysis; M: Men; MDRD: Modification of diet in renal disease; NLR: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PAD: Peripheral artery disease; WBC: White blood cells.