Statistical analyses:
Data are expressed as the mean group value ± standard error mean (SEM).
Analysis of the lung autopsies from COVID-19 positive and COVID-19
negative patients for measuring elastin fibers and collagen were
performed using Image J software analysis ((National Institute of
Health, April, 2019;
ImageJ with
64-bit Java 1.8.0_172) Website: https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ for
performing densitometry measurements. NIH). Statistical differences
between the two groups were determined by Student’s t -test with a
two-tailed comparison. A p-value of <0.05 was
considered statistically significant.