Genetic Examination of Hematological Parameters in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19.
Bryce RowlandQuan SunWanjiang WangTyne Miller-FlemingNancy CoxMisa GraffAnnika FauconMegan M ShueyElizabeth E BluePaul AuerYun LiVijay G SankaranAlexander P ReinerLaura M RaffieldPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2022)
We did not find convincing evidence of a relationship between baseline hematological parameters and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 severity, though this relationship should be re-examined as larger and better-powered genetic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 become available.