[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions: long-term health effects of short-term muscle loss

R Kirwan, D McCullough, T Butler, F Perez de Heredia… - GeroScience, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary global emergency that has led to the
implementation of unprecedented measures in order to stem the spread of the infection …

Natural history of COVID-19 and therapeutic options

P Gautret, M Million, PA Jarrot… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: COVID-19 presents benign forms in young patients who frequently present with
anosmia. Infants are rarely infected, while severe forms occur in patients over 65 years of …

Low plasma 25 (OH) vitamin D level is associated with increased risk of COVID‐19 infection: an Israeli population‐based study

E Merzon, D Tworowski, A Gorohovski… - The FEBS …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide pandemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate
associations of plasma 25 (OH) D levels with the likelihood of coronavirus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of survival odds in COVID-19 by zinc, age and selenoprotein P as composite biomarker

RA Heller, Q Sun, J Hackler, J Seelig, L Seibert… - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 infections cause the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and
challenge the immune system with ongoing inflammation. Several redox-relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and Covid-19 among hospitalized patients in Saudi Arabia: a single-centre retrospective study

AM Alguwaihes, ME Al-Sofiani, M Megdad… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Information on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized Covid-
19 patients with or without diabetes mellitus (DM) is limited in the Arab region. This study …

Deficiency of antioxidants and increased oxidative stress in COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional comparative study in Jigawa, Northwestern Nigeria

Y Muhammad, YA Kani, S Iliya… - SAGE open …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: The COVID-19 is a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 which has infected over
74 million people, killing more than 1,600,000 million people around the world as of 17th …

[HTML][HTML] A basic review of the preliminary evidence that COVID-19 risk and severity is increased in vitamin D deficiency

LL Benskin - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As the world's attention has been riveted upon the growing COVID-19 pandemic, many
researchers have written brief reports supporting the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and lung outcomes in elderly COVID-19 patients

A Sulli, E Gotelli, A Casabella, S Paolino, C Pizzorni… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and aim: Vitamin D deficiency is frequently reported in patients with SARS-CoV-
2 infection. The aim of this study was to correlate the 25OH-Vitamin D serum concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Relation of serum copper status to survival in COVID-19

J Hackler, RA Heller, Q Sun, M Schwarzer, J Diegmann… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The trace element copper (Cu) is part of our nutrition and essentially needed for several
cuproenzymes that control redox status and support the immune system. In blood, the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of vitamin D deficiency on COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

MO Kaya, E Pamukçu, B Yakar - Epidemiology and Health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES Although vaccination has started, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
poses a continuing threat to public health. Therefore, in addition to vaccination, the use of …