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Table 1 Table of basic information about the included articles

From: Association of interleukin-6, ferritin, and lactate dehydrogenase with venous thromboembolism in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  1. VTE Venous Thromboembolism, DVT Deep Venous Thrombosis, PE Pulmonary Embolism
  2. Disease severity was defined as (i) need for ICU intensive care (ii) need for mechanical ventilation with tracheal intubation (iii) severe lung invasion as demonstrated by CT imaging (iv) acute respiratory failure (v) Severe and or Critical according to the WHO COVID-19 Severity Classification.
  3. The presence of one of the above symptoms was defined as severe, and the absence of any of the above symptoms was defined as non-severe.