Demographic data and present comorbidities at the time of study inclusion are enlisted in Table 1: overall, patients represented with a median age of 62 (53–66) years and were overweight, showing also a cumulation of type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, a high SAPS3 score, and severe ARDS according to Horovitz Index. This evidence concerns the gene PPP6R3 and Hypertension.