26 September 2020 : Clinical Research
Increased Serum Levels of Hepcidin and Ferritin Are Associated with Severity of COVID-19
Cuixing Zhou1BCDE, Yimeng Chen1ABC, Yun Ji2BC, Xiaozhou He1AF*, Dong Xue1AFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.926178
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e926178
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all participants.
| Patients with COVID-19 n=50 | Healthy controls n=50 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe group n=12 | Mild group n=38 | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Male, n (%) | 7 (58.3%) | 22 (57.9%) | 25 (50.0%) | |
| Female, n (%) | 5 (41.7%) | 16 (42.1%) | 25 (50.0%) | |
| Age, year | 48.2±18.3 | 41.7±17.6 | 46.5±15.7 | 0.0545 |
| Data are presented as mean±SD. P value of each group was measured by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), P | ||||