Undernourished patients do not have increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes

Autor: Ahmad Fneich, Pierre Poinsot, Christelle Elias, Lioara Restier, Philippe Vanhems, Florent Wallet, Cyrielle Caussy, Antoine Duclos, Noël Peretti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Clinical Nutrition Open Science, Vol 44, Iss , Pp 9-14 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-2685
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutos.2022.03.002
Popis: Background: Undernutrition has been previously identified as a deleterious factor in acute infections. In covid-19 infection, obesity is a risk-factor of severe evolution, but initial undernutrition has not been evaluated yet. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed correlation between nutritional status at admission and severe outcomes (intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation requirement and death) of patients hospitalized for confirmed covid-19 infection. Results: Risk of intensive care unit admission and invasive mechanical ventilation requirement was not significantly different between undernutrition and normoweight sub-groups, but increased in excessive weight sub-group (ODDR (IC 95%) 1.048 (1.011-1.086), p = 0.011). Risk of death was the same in all sub-groups. Conclusion: Undernutrition didn't appear as a factor of severe outcomes in covid-19 infection.
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