Error in Figure/Table
In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 2 as published. Alleles of rs4343 polymorphism were incorrectly written. The corrected Table 2 appears below.
Table 2.
Genotype frequencies of rs4341 and rs4343 polymorphisms in COVID-19 patients according to its hypertensive, dyslipidemic or diabetic status.
| rs4341 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | G/G | G/C | C/C | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 6 (20%) | 16 (53.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | 0.031* |
| ICU | 6 (50%) | 5 (41.7%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0.03 $ |
| Dyslipidemia | G/G | G/C | C/C | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 2 (15.4%) | 6 (46.1%) | 5 (38.5%) | 0.043* |
| ICU | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42,9%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | G/G | G/C | C/C | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 1 (8.3%) | 7 (58.3%) | 4 (33.3%) | 0.033* |
| ICU | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.009 $ |
| rs4343 | ||||
| Hypertension | G/G | G/A | A/A | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 15 (16.6%) | 17 (56.7%) | 8 (26.7%) | 0.03 % |
| ICU | 5 (41.7%) | 6 (50%) | 1 (8.3%) | |
| Dyslipidemia | G/G | G/A | A/A | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 2 (15.4%) | 6 (46.1%) | 5 (38.5%) | 0.043 # |
| ICU | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42,9%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | G/G | G/A | A/A | P-value |
| Hospital ward | 1 (8.3%) | 7 (58.3%) | 4 (33.3%) | 0.033 # |
| ICU | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.009 % |
Data are presented as number of patients and percentages.
*p-value for group difference between GG and GC and CC.
$p-value for group difference between GG+GC and CC.
#p-value for group difference between GG+GA and AA.
%p-value for group difference between GG+GA and AA.
Significant differences appear in bold case.
All data were adjusted for age, sex, BMI and number of comorbidities.
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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