Upon inclusion, significant differences were observed between patients who were hospitalized and those who were not in terms of age, presence of chronic diseases (arterial hypertension, type-2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, previous deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism), thrombocyte count, C-reactive protein level, and aspartate aminotransferase level (Table 3, Table 4). Here, CRP is linked to metabolic syndrome.