Table 2 Gene-set differential expression of the reduced cellular reprogramming/CR (8 genes), organ dysfunction (12 genes), and mortality (10 genes) signatures in COVID-19 patient cohorts.

From: Predicting severity in COVID-19 disease using sepsis blood gene expression signatures

Cohort

Comparison

Statistical significance (p value)

CR

Organ dysfunction

Mortality

All

Severe (54) vs. moderate (42)

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

Severe (54) vs. intermediate (28)

 < 0.0001

0.0058

0.063

Intermediate (28) vs. moderate (42)

 < 0.0001

0.0021

0.0045

Died (20) vs. survived (104)

0.0014

0.0023

 < 0.0001

Early sampled (0–5 days)

Severe (28) vs. moderate (29)

 < 0.0001

0.00040

 < 0.0001

Severe (28) vs. intermediate (19)

0.053

0.47

0.037

Intermediate (19) vs. moderate (29)

0.00020

0.0057

0.025

Died (11) vs. survived (65)

0.012

0.0095

0.00030

Late sampled (6–20 days)

Severe (26) vs. moderate (13)

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

0.0014

Severe (26) vs. intermediate (9)

0.0090

0.0020

0.44

Intermediate (9) vs. moderate (13)

0.29

0.25

0.076

Died (9) vs. survived (39)

0.043

0.13

0.0043

  1. The gene sets were assessed for significant dysregulation between patients using ROAST. Statistically significant gene-set DE is indicated by bold typeface (FDR adjusted p ≤ 0.05).