Table 3 The prevalence of hypoalbuminemia, thrombocytopenia and high serum LDH in different risk classes of the CURB-65 and PSI scores in CAP patients.

From: Expanded CURB-65: a new score system predicts severity of community-acquired pneumonia with superior efficiency

Subgroup

Patients, N

(%)

Serum

LDH > 230 u/L,

N (%)

Hypoalbuminemia,

N (%)

Thrombocytopenia,

N (%)

PSI class

 I–II

693 (42.26)

219 (31.60)

276 (39.83)

57 (8.23)

 III

386 (23.54)

153 (39.64)

227 (58.81)

59 (15.28)

 IV–V

561 (34.21)

268 (47.77)

378 (67.38)

144 (25.67)

CURB-65 class

 0–1

1215 (74.09)

417 (34.32)

599 (49.30)

147 (12.10)

 2

341 (20.79)

172 (50.44)

223 (65.40)

87 (25.51)

 3–5

84 (5.12)

51 (60.71)

59 (70.24)

26 (30.95)