Table 4 Correlation between HEI-2015 total score, added sugar and inflammatory markers among COVID patients
From: Beneficial role of healthy eating Index-2015 score & physical activity on COVID-19 outcomes
Whole COVID patients (n = 68) | Mild COVID patients (n = 38) | Moderate COVID patients (n = 30) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HEI | Added sugar | HEI | Added sugar | HEI | Added sugar | |||||||
r | P value | R | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
Age (Years) | -0.09 | 0.460 | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0.509 | --- | --- | 0.27 | 0.146 | -- | -- |
Duration of symptoms | -0.12 | 0.333 | -- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -- | -- |
Duration to negative PCR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -0.24 | 0.204 | --- | --- | -0.17 | 0.638 | -- | -- |
HEI | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -- | -- |
Lymphocytic count | 0.33 | 0.005* | 0.27 | 0.025* | 0.18 | 0.290 | 0.26 | 0.123 | 0.31 | 0.100 | 0.18 | 0.335 |
Lymphocytic (%) | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0.383 | 0.08 | 0.616 | 0.21 | 0.202 | 0.12 | 0.516 | -0.10 | 0.642 |
N/R | -- | -- | -0.10 | 0.506 | -0.16 | 0.348 | -0.22 | 0.194 | -0.12 | 0.537 | -0.19 | 0.307 |
CRP | -0.22 | 0.071 | -0.11 | 0.384 | 0.24 | 0.151 | -0.10 | 0.594 | 0.30 | 0.108 | 0.29 | 0.118 |
Ferritin | -0.03 | 0.810 | 0.10 | 0.892 | 0.32 | 0.047* | 0.10 | 0.791 | 0.16 | 0.415 | 0.12 | 0.513 |
LDH | 0.002 | 0.988 | 0.10 | 0.496 | -0.08 | 0.649 | -0.10 | 0.562 | 0.29 | 0.125 | 0.39 | 0.032* |
d-Dimer | 0.08 | 0.512 | 0.14 | 0.266 | 0.26 | 0.113 | 0.26 | 0.122 | 0.15 | 0.426 | -0.10 | 0.968 |