The correlation between serum selenium, zinc, and COVID-19 severity: an observational study
Soodeh Razeghi Jahromi, Hedieh Moradi Tabriz, Mansoureh Togha, Shadi Ariyanfar, Zeinab Ghorbani, Sima Naeeni +8 more
BMC Infectious Diseases
Abstract
Results suggest that increasing levels of Se and Zn were accompanied by a decrease in serum CRP level. However, the significant association between Se, Zn, and disease severity was lost after adjusting for confounding factors.
Concepts
Observational studyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)SeleniumMedical microbiologyParasitologyMedicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)