Table 2.
Correlation between nutritional and lifestyle habits and severity of SARS-COV-2
(Numbers and percentages)
| SARS-COV-2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Mild | Moderate | ||||||
| Score | n 200 | n 122 | % | n 78 | % | P | ||
| Probiotic N | Never eat | 0 | 52 | 37 | 71·2 | 15 | 28·8 | 0·027 |
| ≤1 time on weekly basis | 1 | 68 | 45 | 66·2 | 23 | 33·8 | ||
| 2–6 times weekly | 2 | 46 | 21 | 45·7 | 25 | 54·3 | ||
| Daily intake | 3 | 34 | 19 | 55·9 | 15 | 44·1 | ||
| Prebiotic N | Only one type of prebiotics daily | 0 | 36 | 25 | 69·4 | 11 | 30·6 | 0·735 |
| 2 types of prebiotics daily | 1 | 124 | 71 | 57·3 | 53 | 42·7 | ||
| 3–4 types of prebiotics daily | 2 | 40 | 26 | 65·0 | 14 | 35·0 | ||
| 5–6 types of prebiotics daily | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| ≥7 types of prebiotics daily | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||
| Sugar intake N | ≥10 teaspoon daily | 0 | 38 | 21 | 55·3 | 17 | 44·7 | 0·469 |
| 3–9 teaspoon daily | 1 | 97 | 60 | 61·9 | 37 | 38·1 | ||
| ≤2 teaspoon daily | 2 | 65 | 41 | 63·1 | 24 | 36·9 | ||
| Antibiotic N | ≥6 times per year | 0 | 19 | 8 | 42·1 | 11 | 57·9 | 0·077 |
| ≤5 times per year | 1 | 181 | 114 | 63·0 | 67 | 37 | ||
| Sleep N | <8 h daily | 0 | 100 | 59 | 59·0 | 41 | 41·0 | 0·563 |
| ≥8 h | 1 | 100 | 63 | 63 | 37 | 37 | ||
| Exercise N | Non | 0 | 13 | 6 | 46·2 | 7 | 53·8 | 0·016 |
| Less than 10 min daily | 1 | 105 | 58 | 55·2 | 47 | 44·8 | ||
| 10–20 min daily | 2 | 82 | 58 | 70·0 | 24 | 29·3 | ||
| ≥20 min daily | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | ||