Potential confounders including age, sex, comorbidities (HP, DM, CLD, CHD, CKD, COPD, stroke, and cancer), physical examination on admission (temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, SBP, DBP, and SpO2), and laboratory parameters (hs-TnI, CK-MB, MYO, NEU, LYM, hs-CRP, IL-6, D-dimer, FIB, ALT, ALB, Cr, EGFR, and GLU) were controlled for. Here, CRP is linked to congenital secretory chloride diarrhea 1.