Table 1. Galectin-3 levels of the study groups.

*p-value derived from Kruskal-Wallis' test and refers to the comparison between whole the groups

**p-value is derived from the Mann-Whitney U test and refers to the comparison between control and moderate disease groups.

***p-value is derived from the Mann-Whitney U test and refers to the comparison between control and severe/critical disease groups.

****p-value is derived from the Mann-Whitney U test and refers to the comparison between moderate disease groups and severe/critical disease groups.

	Controls (N=50)		Moderate Disease Group (N=40)			Severe/Critical Disease Group (N=60)		P-value
	Mean±SD	Median (IQR)	Mean±SD		Median (IQR)	Mean±SD	Median (IQR)
Galectin-3	15.78±10.8	13.57 (10.9-16.4)	12.58±5.34	13.52 (10.69-16.6)		9.95±5.15	11.65 (6.09-14.33)	*p= 0.003
								**p= 0.548
								***p= 0.001
								****p= 0.019