In contrast, patients with CRP levels above the clinical threshold (10 mg/L) at baseline had four times higher odds (unadjusted) of being hospitalized than patients with CRP levels below the threshold (OR 4.21, 95%CI 2.38 to 7.43, p < 0.001), meaning that CRP had significant predictive value concerning the hospitalization of patients with suspected COVID-19 (Table 2). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is COVID-19.