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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 100(2020) vom: 02. Nov., Seite 390-393

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Im, Jae Hyoung [VerfasserIn]
Je, Young Soo [VerfasserIn]
Baek, Jihyeon [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Moon-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Hea Yoon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jin-Soo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
H6241UJ22B
J41CSQ7QDS
Journal Article
Selenium
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Vitamin D
Vitamins
Zinc

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Date Completed 01.12.2020

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313702640