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Table 1 Unvaccinated donor’s characteristics in low and high NT titer groups

From: Simple prediction of COVID-19 convalescent plasma units with high levels of neutralization antibodies

 

Low NT titer (< 1:160)

High NT titer (≥ 1:160)

p-value

Demographic parameters

Gender - female

263 (34.3%) (N = 766)

84 (27.9%) (N = 301)

0.050

Age (years)

42.4 ± 0.4 (N = 766)

47.4 ± 0.6 (N = 301)

< 0.001

Body weight (kg)

85.2 ± 0.7 (N = 637)

90.3 ± 1.1 (N = 199)

< 0.001

Height (cm)

175.8 ± 0.3 (N = 634)

176.0 ± 0.6 (N = 196)

0.759

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.4 ± 0.2 (N = 633)

29.1 ± 0.3 (N = 196)

< 0.001

Blood groups and total IgG

Blood group 0

252 (32.9%) (N = 766)

106 (35.2%) (N = 301)

0.472

Blood group A

314 (41.0%) (N = 766)

127 (42.2%) (N = 301)

0.730

Blood group B

134 (17.5%) (N = 766)

48 (15.9%) (N = 301)

0.588

Blood group AB

66 (8.6%) (N = 766)

20 (6.6%) (N = 301)

0.319

Rh(D) factor

569 (81.8%) (N = 696)

204 (80.0%) (N = 255)

0.574

Total IgG (AU/ml)

10.4 [9.1–11.9] (N = 732)

10.6 [9.4–11.9] (N = 280)

0.143

Serological testing

Wantai semi-quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Ab test (index S/C)*

17.9 [11.2–19.3] (N = 233)

19.6 [18.6–20.5] (N = 52)

< 0.001

Abbott semi-quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Ab test (index S/C)*

4.32 [2.62-6.0] (N = 455)

6.94 [5.62–7.88] (N = 114)

< 0.001

Abbott quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Ab test (BAU/ml)

187 [141–282] (N = 385)

498 [310–1019] (N = 224)

< 0.001

Neutralization test (titer)

31.2 [30.3–32.1] (N = 766)

300.0 [288.2-312.4] (N = 301)

< 0.001

Timeline

Days after start of COVID-19 symptoms

53.0 [41.0-79.2] (N = 712)

52.5 [40.0-79.8] (N = 254)

0.822

0–60 days after start of COVID-19 symptoms

418 (59.2%) (N = 706)

150 (61.2%) (N = 245)

0.597

60–120 days after start of COVID-19 symptoms

221 (31.3%) (N = 706)

76 (31.0%) (N = 245)

1.000

120–180 days after start of COVID-19 symptoms

67 (9.5%) (N = 706)

19 (7.8%) (N = 245)

0.518

Symptoms

Hospitalization

4 (1.0%) (N = 335)

1 (1.0%) (N = 122)

1.000

Fever

191 (58.0%) (N = 329)

88 (71.0%) (N = 124)

0.013

Maximum body temperature (°C)

38.0 [37.5–38.5] (N = 461)

38.5 [37.8–39.0] (N = 189)

0.001

Number of days with fever

2.0 [1.0–4.0] (N = 559)

4.0 [2.0–8.0] (N = 218)

< 0.001

Cough

106 (32.0%) (N = 329)

60 (48.0%) (N = 124)

0.002

Anosmia

209 (63.0%) (N = 330)

58 (47.0%) (N = 124)

0.002

Myalgia

146 (44.0%) (N = 330)

60 (48.0%) (N = 124)

0.460

Dyspnea

34 (10.0%) (N = 329)

25 (20.0%) (N = 123)

0.007

Fatigue

168 (51.0%) (N = 329)

63 (51.0%) (N = 124)

1.000

Headache

108 (33.0%) (N = 327)

36 (29.0%) (N = 123)

0.497

  1. Notes: All data was not available for every plasma donor. The N represents the total number of samples for which the data was available for a particular parameter
  2. *Index S/C - signal/cut-off index