CRP and COVID-19: The included 54 patients and the excluded 25 patients did not differ in terms of age (p = 0.131), sex preponderance (p = 0.461), BMI (p = 0.125), initial TSH (p = 0.414), fT4 (p = 0.768), CRP levels (p = 0.071), SARS-CoV-2 viral loads (p = 0.159) and the clinical severity of acute COVID-19 (p = 0.470).