Table 5.

Correlation between the studied biomarkers and the other measured laboratory parameters in COVID-19 patients' groups.

	Severe COVID-19 Group
	NEAT1 Expression		TUG1 Expression		CCL2 Expression		TNF -α Expression		IL-6 Expression
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Age	0.25	0.15	0.01	0.96	0.20	0.24	-0.23	0.18	-0.29	0.09
Oxygen	-0.11	0.53	0.17	0.35	-0.21	0.22	-0.35	0.04	-0.16	0.37
Ferritin	0.18	0.30	0.33	0.05	0.03	0.87	0.47	0.005	0.17	0.32
CRP	0.02	0.92	0.37	0.03	0.31	0.07	0.19	0.27	0.08	0.32
D -dimer	0.24	0.17	0.28	0.10	0.53	0.001	0.35	0.04	0.32	0.06
TLC	-0.54	0.001	-0.21	0.22	-0.35	0.04	-0.24	0.16	0.06	0.75
Hb	0.09	0.63	-0.08	0.65	-0.63	<0.001	-0.09	0.61	0.02	0.90
Absolute lymphocytes	-0.15	0.39	0.002	0.99	-0.14	0.41	-0.42	0.01	0.12	0.48
NEAT1 Expression	---	-----	0.60	<0.001	0.39	0.02	0.13	0.46	0.06	0.73
TUG1 Expression	0.60	<0.001	----	-----	0.28	0.11	0.30	0.09	0.30	0.09
CCL2 Expression	0.39	<0.02	0.28	0.11	----	-----	0.41	0.01	0.53	0.001
TNF-α Expression	0.13	0.46	0.30	0.09	0.41	0.01	----	-----	0.60	<0.001
IL-6 Expression	0.06	0.73	0.30	0.08	0.53	0.001	0.60	<0.001	----	-----
	Moderate COVID-19 Group
	NEAT1 Expression		TUG1 Expression		CCL2 Expression		TNF- α Expression		IL-6 Expression
	r	P-value	r	P-value	R	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Age	0.32	0.03	0.17	0.28	0.08	0.59	0.09	0.58	-0.22	0.045
Oxygen	-0.51	<0.001	-0.30	0.04	-0.36	0.02	-0.23	0.12	-0.69	<0.001
Ferritin	0.10	0.52	0.12	0.45	0.21	0.17	0.03	0.84	0.44	<0.001
CRP	0.04	0.80	0.28	0.06	0.40	0.006	0.24	0.12	0.60	<0.001
D -dimer	0.08	0.62	0.057	0.71	0.06	0.68	0.11	0.46	0.61	<0.001
TLC	0.16	0.29	0.19	0.20	0.15	0.31	0.02	0.92	0.06	0.60
Hb	0.10	0.51	-0.47	0.001	-0.47	0.001	-0.37	0.01	0.11	0.32
Absolute lymphocytes	-0.27	0.07	-0.27	0.07	-0.32	0.03	-0.13	0.38	0.16	0.17
NEAT1 Expression	----	---	0.57	<0.001	0.63	<0.001	0.38	0.01	0.52	<0.001
TUG1 Expression	0.57	<0.001	----	---	0.94	<0.001	0.65	<0.001	-0.05	0.76
CCL2 Expression	0.63	<0.001	0.94	<0.001	----	---	0.72	<0.001	0.06	0.72
TNF-α Expression	0.38	0.01	0.65	<0.001	0.72	<0.001	----	---	-0.15	0.34
IL-6 Expression	0.52	<0.001	0.05	0.76	0.06	0.72	0.15	0.34	----	---