Monitoring of some biochemical markers in Iraqi Covid-19 patients

The world has recently witnessed the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has led the world to enter a pandemic. There is an urgent necessity to reach diagnosis and treatment and to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, which has become a death-threatening concern for patients with COVID-19. The aim and scope of this study are to monitor and evaluate the role of levels of biochemical parameters for the markers in Iraqi COVID-19 patients and to study the correlation between biochemical parameters. The study comprised 60 people who seemed to be in good health as a control group and 107 COVID-19 patients (64 men and 43 women). The age group with the highest infection rate was 46-59 years, which constituted (39.3%) of the patients. The results of the current study showed that there was a highly significant increase (P value < 0.01) in the levels of biomarkers for coronavirus patients compared to the control group for each of ALT, AST, ALP, Direct bilirubin, GGT, BUN, Urea, Calcium, Chloride, Potassium, Sodium, HDL, LDL, VLDL, Amylase, Lipase, D-Dimer, Ferritin, MG, LDH, IL -1. These results also showed a significant positive correlation (P value <0.05) in total bilirubin level, as well as Non-Significant (NS) in creatinine level. It can be concluded that liver and kidney functions are both affected by COVID-19.