COVID-19 patients with altered steroid hormone levels are more likely to have higher disease severity.
Endocrine
; 78(2): 373-379, 2022 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1971835
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study aims to evaluate the correlations between the severity of the disease and serum steroid levels by analyzing the serum steroid levels in COVID-19 patients with different levels of disease progression and the control group.METHODS:
Morning serum Aldosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, Androstenedione, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Corticosterone, Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), Estrone, Estradiol, Progesterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, Cortisol, Corticosterone, Androsterone, Pregnenolone, 17-hydroxypregnenolone and 21-deoxycortisol levels were measured in 153 consecutive patients were grouped as mild, moderate, and severe based on the WHO COVID-19 disease severity classification and the control group. Steroid hormone levels were analyzed at once with a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method (LC-MS/MS).RESULTS:
In our study, nearly all steroids were statistically significantly higher in the patients' group than in the control group (p < 0.001). Also, DHEA was an independent indicator of the disease severity with COVID-19CONCLUSIONS:
Our study reveals that the alteration in steroid hormone levels was correlated with disease severity. Also, steroid hormone levels should be followed up during COVID-19 disease management.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cortodoxone
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Endocrine
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12020-022-03140-6
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