Cellular Inflammatory Indices in Hospitalized Nigerian COVID-19 Patients

The pandemicity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) necessitated its novel biomarkers in prognosis and monitoring low resource settings. Changes total white blood cell counts have been associated with the progression diseases. This study determined prognostic value some cellular inflammatory cells their indices relation to duration hospital admission, gender, age COVID-19 patients. longitudinal case–control components (total (TWBC), neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, platelet) (neutrophil lymphocyte ratio [NLR], monocyte [LMR], platelet [PLR], derived NLR [DNLR], systemic immune index [SII]) 95 symptomatic hospitalized patients 45 free controls. These parameters were related age, sex, days admission Blood samples obtained analyzed using hematological autoanalyzer (Sysmex XN-450) calculated. Data Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Inc., USA) version 20.0. mean count (P = 0.016) PLR 0.000) significantly lower while TWBC 0.013) increased compared control. 0.030) SII 0.029) 0.015) LMR 0.026) decreased at discharge admission. neutrophil 0.048), 0.015), 0.022) was higher aged <40 years ?40 years. concluded that response is a phenomenon especially this inflammation persist till discharge, though gender has no influence on