Taken together, except for ANGPT2 (the protein name is Ang2), none of the candidate genes (IL1R2, ADIPOQ, NAMPT, EGLN1, FER, IL1B, TNF, IL-6, IL-8 (CXCL8), VEGF (VEGFA), MIF, S1PR3, or HMGB1) were significant in our multi-omic analysis of ARDS mortality. Here, VEGFA is linked to acute respiratory distress syndrome.