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Letter to the Editor: Low-density lipoprotein is a potential predictor of poor prognosis in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.
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ABSTRACT: Background
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global threat to public health. The lipid pathophysiology in COVID-19 is unknown.Methods
In this retrospective longitudinal study, we monitored the serum lipids in 17 surviving and 4 non-surviving COVID-19 cases prior to their viral infections and duration the entire disease courses.Results
In surviving cases, the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels decreased significantly on admission as compared with the levels before infection; the LDL levels remained constantly low during the disease progression and resumed to the original levels when patients recovered (pre-infection: 3.5 (3.0-4.4); on admission: 2.8 (2.3-3.1), p?ConclusionsLDL levels inversely correlated to disease severities, which could be a predictor for disease progress and poor prognosis.
SUBMITTER: Fan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7166305 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Letter to the Editor: Low-density lipoprotein is a potential predictor of poor prognosis in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental 20200419
<h4>Background</h4>The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global threat to public health. The lipid pathophysiology in COVID-19 is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective longitudinal study, we monitored the serum lipids in 17 surviving and 4 non-surviving COVID-19 cases prior to their viral infections and duration the entire disease courses.<h4>Results</h4>In surviving cases, the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels decreased significantly on admission as compare ...[more]