Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of control subjects

Control number	Age/gender	Cause of the death	AHT	Diabetes	Dyslipidemia
1	64/M	Bronchopneumonia	No	No	No
2	51/F	Septic shock	Yes	No	No
3	47/H	Sepsis	No	No	No
4	47/F	Bacterial pneumonia	No	No	No
5	47/F	Carcinogenesis	No	No	No
6	34/M	Acute Pancreatitis	Yes	No	No
7	64/F	Bacterial Sepsis	No	No	No
8	78/F	Bronchopneumonia	No	No	No
9	42/F	Lymphoma	No	No	No
10	67/M	Renal insufficiency	No	No	No
11	74/M	COPD	No	No	No
12	87/F	Carcinoma	No	No	No
13	48/F	Pulmonary thromboembolism	No	No	No
14	55/M	Pneumonia	No	No	No
15	87/F	Cholelithiasis	No	No	No
16	76/M	Carcinoma	No	No	No
17	80/F	Atrial fibrillation	Yes	Yes	No
18	49/F	Respiratory insufficiency	No	No	No
19	74/M	Septic shock	Yes	No	Yes
20	77/F	COPD	Yes	No	No
Mean	69 ± 7.07/40% M–60% F		25.00%	5%	5%

F female, M male, AHT arterial hypertension, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease