Patients in the high LUS score group were older and had a significantly higher incidence of comorbidities (including hypertension, diabetes, chronic cardiovascular disease and malignancy), lower LYM% and SO2%, higher levels of CRP, D-dimer, hs-TnI and CK-MB, and lower oxygenation index than patients in the low and moderate LUS score groups. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Hypertension.