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. 2020 Dec;81(6):979-997.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.006. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Serum Ferritin is an independent risk factor for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in COVID-19

O Gandini  1 , A Criniti  2 , L Ballesio  3 , S Giglio  2 , G Galardo  4 , W Gianni  5 , L Santoro  2 , A Angeloni  2 , C Lubrano  2
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Serum Ferritin is an independent risk factor for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in COVID-19

O Gandini et al. J Infect. 2020 Dec.
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Fig 1
Fig. 1
1A) Characteristics of the study population; 1B) Analysis of Variance of serum ferritin between severe (60) and non severe COVID-19 patients (81); 1C) ROC curve analysis of serum ferritin levels for the severity of COVID-19.
Fig 2
Fig. 2
2A–F) Analysis of Variance – Categorized box and whisker plot of ferritin, NLR, DD, LDH, CRP and age according to COVID-19 severity; 2 G) Analysis of Variance and concentrations of ferritin, NLR, D-D, LDH, CRP and age according to COVID-19 severity.
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