Table 4.

Linear regression analysis in COVID-19 patients.

	MMP3		MMP9
	Slope	p value	Slope	p value
Age	0.131	0.089	0.221	0.011
Gender (male)	0.186	0.027	0.163	0.046
Diabetes	− 0.016	0.435	0.179	0.032
Hypertension	0.247	0.005	0.134	0.083
Obesity	− 0.041	0.337	0.100	0.152
Steroidsa	− 0.002	0.494	0.154	0.046
Azithromycina	− 0.003	0.490	− 0.159	0.050

^aAmong the 108 COVID-19 patients, 13 have been treated with steroids and/or azithromycin before hospitalization. Significant values are reported in bold.