Association between serum inflammatory parameters and the disease severity in COVID-19 patients.

Objective: Most patients infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), as the causative agent of COVID-19 disease, show mild symptoms, but some of them develop severe illness. The purpose of this study was to analyze the blood markers of COVID-19 patients and to investigate the correlation between serum inflammatory cytokines and the disease severity.

Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 50 patients with COVID-19 and 20 patients without COVID-19 were enrolled.