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Plant-based diet and COVID-19 severity: results from a cross-sectional study
| العنوان: | Plant-based diet and COVID-19 severity: results from a cross-sectional study |
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| المؤلفون: | Soltanieh, Samira, Salavatizadeh, Marieh, Ghazanfari, Tooba, Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi, Yari, Zahra, Mansournia, Mohammad Ali, Nazemipour, Maryam, Kheradmand, Jalil Arab, Ardestani, Sussan K, Karimi, Sara, Hekmatdoost, Azita |
| المساهمون: | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
| المصدر: | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health ; volume 6, issue 2, page 182-187 ; ISSN 2516-5542 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| الوصف: | Although previous findings have shown the beneficial role of healthy eating pattern on the human immune system, the association between plant-based diet and COVID-19 severity has not yet been elucidated. This study aimed to determine the possible role of plant-based diet index (PDI) in COVID-19 severity. This cross-sectional, multicentral study was conducted on 141 patients with confirmed COVID-19. Dietary intakes of the patients were evaluated using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Then, PDI was compared between patients who needed to be hospitalised (considered severe cases), and those who got treatment at home (considered non-severe cases). After adjustment for confounders including age, sex, energy intake and body mass index, lower odds of hospitalisation were found for participants having a greater score of overall PDI (OR per 10 units increase: 0.42; 95% CI 0.22 to 0.80) and healthy PDI (OR per 10 unit increase: 0.45; 95% CI 0.26 to 0.78). In conclusion, our data presented that there is a relation between PDI and lower risk of hospitalisation in COVID-19 patients, possibly through boosting the immune function. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjnph-2023-000688 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2023-000688 https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bmjnph-2023-000688 |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.14801AEB |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjnph-2023-000688 |
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