Dietary Behaviors and Incident COVID-19 in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutritional status influences immunity but its specific association with susceptibility to COVID-19 remains unclear. We examined the association of specific dietary data and incident COVID-19 in the UK Biobank (UKB).

Methods

We considered UKB participants in England with self-reported baseline (2006-2010) data and linked them to Public Health England COVID-19 test results-performed on samples from combined nose/throat swabs, using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-between March and November 2020. Baseline diet factors included breastfed as baby and specific consumption of coffee, tea, oily fish, processed meat, red meat, fruit, and vegetables. Individual COVID-19 exposure was estimated using the UK's average monthly positive case rate per specific geo-p

SUBMITTER: Vu TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8234071 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature