Detailed clinical information of the enrolled participants is presented in Supplementary Table 1, including age and various infection indices, such as the white blood cell (WBC) count, platelet (PLT) count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), PCT level, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level, CRP level, and neutrophil percentage (NE%). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is infection.