LGALS8 and COVID-19: All severities of COVID-19 had significantly lower levels of Gal-8 in comparison with healthy controls, representing 8.6 (6.87-9.84), 5.49 (4.7-6.53), and 6.38 (5.65-7.04) for mild, severe, and critical COVID-19, respectively, in addition to 6.6 (6.12-7.86) for healthy controls.