In addition, it has been debated whether erythrocyte membrane injury could promote the thrombotic complications frequently observed in COVID-19 patients [342], and that reduced deformability of erythrocytes may contribute to inflammation and hypoxia in COVID-19 patients [343]
Lenzi, A., Lombardo, F., Sgro, P., Salacone, P., Caponecchia, L., Dondero, F., and Gandini, L
Fat shifts toward the abdomen, insulin resistance increases, and cardiometabolic risk rises
Recently, it has been reported that lipid hydroperoxide can react with ascorbic acid to form products that could potentially damage DNA, suggesting that it may form genotoxic metabolites from lipid hydroperoxides implicating that ascorbic acid may enhance mutagenesis and risk of cancer