New study: Finger length can predict the severity of the new crown

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, it has continued to evolve.

For example, data from Belgium suggest that post-COVID-19 severity is associated with advanced age, renal insufficiency, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, thrombocytopenia, and obesity

The severity of Covid-19 infection in many populations is related to gender: men are more severe than women, and men have higher mortality rates

In March this year, the journal Scientific Reports recently published a study.

The following information on patients was recorded in the study protocol: disease severity (0-4 points; 0-asymptomatic, 1-mild, 2-moderate, 3-severe, 4-fatal), Length of hospital stay and oxygen therapy, ICU days, concomitant diseases, history of smoking and occupational exposure, laboratory test results (white blood cell count, fibrinogen, d-dimer, platelet count, oxygen saturation, calcitonin original) and anthropometric measurements

Based on the correlation between finger length ratios and case fatality rates (CFR), the researchers concluded that compared with controls, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had: (i) higher ratios of left and right finger lengths, and higher delta left-right asymmetry, i.

(ii) High|(right-left)| unsigned asymmetry (FA), i.

Legend: index finger (2D), middle finger (3D), ring finger (4D), little finger (5D), patient (P), control (C)

There may be considerable correlation between finger length ratios

The study also examined the role of prenatal sex steroids and postnatal developmental instability in the course of COVID-19

Legend: ROC curve of clinical compound asymmetric COVID-19 disease

In summary, the study found differences in finger length ratios and their symmetry between patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and controls.

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