It has been found that high levels of D-dimer, CRP, LDH, PRC, lactate, NLR, ferritin, neutrophils, and low levels of lymphocytes, albumin, and platelets are associated with hospitalization and mortality.[16–18,20,25] In this study, most of the patients who died were elderly, male, with cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, shortness of breath, and fever. This evidence concerns the gene PPRC1 and lung carcinoma.