Ferritin level: A predictor of severity and mortality in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients

Abstract

Аbstrасt Introduction This study aims to investigate in‐hоsрitаl mоrtаlity in severe асute resрirаtоry syndrоme соrоnаvirus 2 раtients strаtified by serum ferritin levels. Methods Patients were stratified based on ferritin levels (ferritin levels ≤ 1000 or >1000). Results Approximately 89% (118) of the patients with ferritin levels > 1000 had pneumonia, and 51% (67) had hypertension. Fever (97, 73.5%) and shortness of breath (80, 61%) were two major symptoms among the patients in this group. Logistic regression analysis indicated that ferritin level (odds ratio [OR] = 0.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.21–0.62; p 1000. Conclusion In this study, higher levels of serum ferritin were found to be an independent predictor of in‐hоsрitаl mоrtаlity.

Keywords

• COVID‐19
• ferritin
• hypertension
• in‐hospital mortality
• male sex
• pneumonia