Major dietary patterns in relation to disease severity, symptoms, and inflammatory markers in patients recovered from COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is a highly transmissible viral infection with high morbidity. Few studies have been done about dietary intakes in patients with COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the association between major dietary patterns before COVID-19 diagnosis in recovered patients and the risk of disease severity and symptoms after the disease begins.

Methods

Overall, 250 recovered cases with both genders completed study questionnaires providing data on demographic characteristics, self-reported web-based 168-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and COVID-19 outcomes in Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan. PCR was used to determine a positive diagnosis of COVID-19. We used multivariable logistic regression models to assess the association between major dietary patterns and

SUBMITTER: Ebrahimzadeh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446542 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature