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. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and congenital secretory chloride diarrhea 1.