Table 4.
Correlation between HEI-2015 total score, added sugar and inflammatory markers among COVID patients
| 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 |
N/L: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, r is the correlation coefficient & it ranges from − 1 to + 1, p value < 0.05 is considered significant.
*Significant fair positive correlation.
** Significant moderate to good positive correlation.
*** Significant fair negative correlation.