While no significant difference in the mean-fold change in secreted p62 levels were observed between the control group and the C19wSepsis cohort (p>0.05), a significant decrease in secreted p62 levels in the C19NoSepsis (> 4-fold decrease, ****p<0.0001) and Sepsis Alone cohorts (> 1.5-fold decrease, *p=0.0147) were observed compared to controls. Here, SQSTM1 is linked to Sepsis.