Elevated C-reactive protein in early COVID-19 predicts worse survival among hospitalized geriatric patients

• Adeline Villoteau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers, Angers, France, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France

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• Marine Asfar,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers, Angers, France, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France

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• Marie Otekpo,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers, Angers, France, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7791-7376

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• Jocelyne Loison,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France

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• Jennifer Gautier,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France

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• Cédric Annweiler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Cedric.Annweiler@chu-angers.fr

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers, Angers, France, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University Hospital, Angers, France, UPRES EA 4638, University of Angers, Angers, France, Gérontopôle Autonomie Longévité des Pays de la Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Robarts Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7199-8109

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• on behalf of the GERIA-COVID study group

  ¶Membership of the GERIA-COVID Study Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

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