Table 4.

Spearman’s correlation analyses between symptom severity score and age (years) versus habitual frequency of food intake

Food group	SARS-CoV-2 test result
	Positive (n=103)				Negative (n=133)
	Severity of symptoms		Age		Severity of symptoms		Age
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Milk and milk products	−0.213	0.031	−0.260	0.008	−0.050	0.567	−0.166	0.056
Fruit	−0.086	0.388	−0.203	0.040	−0.072	0.412	0.116	0.183
Vegetables	−0.058	0.562	0.032	0.753	−0.032	0.718	0.252	0.004
Animal products	−0.167	0.092	−0.185	0.062	0.013	0.883	−0.234	0.007
Legumes	−0.296	0.002	−0.083	0.407	0.040	0.650	0.277	0.001
Grains, bread and cereals	−0.246	0.025	0.030	0.789	0.087	0.320	−0.143	0.100
Corn-based products	−0.165	0.095	−0.048	0.629	0.100	0.254	−0.183	0.135
Beverages	−0.038	0.703	−0.258	0.009	0.171	0.049	−0.250	0.004
Fats and oil	−0.197	0.046	−0.009	0.927	0.116	0.183	−0.142	0.104
Hot peppers and sauce	−0.078	0.433	−0.085	0.396	0.225	0.009	−0.234	0.007