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Nutritional status of patients with COVID-19
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The relationship between immunity and nutrition is well known and its role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is also being paid great attention. However, the nutritional status of COVID-19 patients is unknown. Vitamin B1, B6, B12, vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D), folate, selenium, and zinc levels were measured in 50 hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Overall, 76% of the patients were vitamin D deficient and 42% were selenium deficient. No significant increase in the incidence of deficiency was found for vitamins B1, B6, and B12, folate, and zinc in patients with COVID-19. The COVID-19 group showed significantly lower vitamin D values than the healthy control group (150 people, matched by age/sex). Severe vitamin D deficiency (based on a cut-off of ≤10 ng/dl) was found in 24.0% of the patients in the COVID-19 group and 7.3% in the control group. Among 12 patients with respiratory distress, 11 (91.7%) were deficient in at least one nutrient. However, patients without respiratory distress showed a deficiency in 30/38 cases (78.9%; p = 0.425). These results suggest that a deficiency of vitamin D or selenium may decrease the immune defenses against COVID-19 and cause progression to severe disease. However, more precise and large-scale studies are needed.
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- Im, J. H., Je, Y. S., Baek, J., Chung, M.-H., Kwon, H. Y., & Lee, J.-S.
- Venue
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 100
- Pages
- 390-393
- ISSN
- 1201-9712 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3047725306
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- 269
- References
- 23
- FWCI
- 33.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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