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<journal-id>2183-5985</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Port Nutr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2183-5985</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2183-59852022000200040</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21011/apn.2022.2907</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE ADESÃO À DIETA MEDITERRÂNEA E SINTOMAS COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADHERENCE TO MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND COVID-19 SYMPTOMS]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liliane]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Anjos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Henriques]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eva]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cristóvão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vanda]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,URAP do ACeS Loures-Odivelas, ARSLVT, IP.,  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Póvoa de Santo Adrião ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidade de Nutrição e Dietética, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidade de Investigação Dra. Maria Isabel Mendonça, Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>29</numero>
<fpage>40</fpage>
<lpage>45</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2183-59852022000200040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2183-59852022000200040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2183-59852022000200040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[RESUMO  INTRODUÇÃO:  O papel benéfico da Dieta Mediterrânea (DietMed) tem sido reconhecido no impacto de doenças capazes de predispor a uma maior gravidade de sintomas COVID-19, bem como no tratamento e melhoria dos sintomas.  OBJETIVOS:  Investigar a associação entre a gravidade dos sintomas COVID-19 e a adesão à DietMed.  METODOLOGIA:  Estudo observacional e transversal, aplicado a 542 adultos (18-64 anos) não vacinados, recuperados da doença e residentes no Funchal. Foram recolhidos dados sobre fatores sociodemográficos, estilo de vida, estado de saúde e sintomas COVID-19. Para obter o grau de adesão à DietMed foi aplicado o questionário MEDAS (Mediterranean Diet Adherence Score). Modelos de regressão logística foram usados para estudar a associação entre o grau de adesão à DietMed e a presença de sintomas graves de COVID-19.  RESULTADOS:  Dos participantes, 60,0% eram mulheres e 53,9% tinham entre 40-59 anos de idade. Durante a infeção por SARS-Cov-2, 73% foram assintomáticos ou tiveram sintomas leves e cerca de 27% desenvolveu sintomas graves. Neste estudo, a adesão à DietMed foi considerada fraca para 24%, moderada para 62% e forte para 15% dos adultos inquiridos. No modelo ajustado para todas as variáveis em estudo, e comparativamente a um fraco grau de adesão à DietMed, o OR de desenvolver sintomas graves foi de 0,519 (IC 95%: 0,280-0,914) e de 0,48 (IC 95%: 0,252-0,918) para uma adesão moderada e forte, respetivamente.  CONCLUSÕES:  Neste estudo, os adultos com forte adesão à DietMed apresentaram menor probabilidade de desenvolver sintomas graves da doença COVID-19. A recomendação de um consumo elevado de produtos hortícolas, fruta, leguminosas, cereais pouco refinados, azeite, frutos secos e oleaginosas, bem como a precaução na ingestão de carnes vermelhas e produtos industrializados deve, por isso, ser considerada na redução do risco da gravidade de doença COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  INTRODUCTION:  The beneficial role of the Mediterranean Diet (DietMed) has been recognized in the impact of diseases capable of predisposing to greater severity of COVID-19 symptoms, as well as in the treatment and improvement of symptoms.  OBJECTIVES:  To investigate the association between the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and adherence to DietMed.  METHODOLOGY:  Observational and cross-sectional study, applied to542 unvaccinated adults (18-64 years old) recovered from the disease andresidents of Funchal. Data on sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, health status and COVID-19 symptoms were collected. To obtain the degree of adherence to DietMed, the MEDAS questionnaire (Mediterranean Diet Adherence Score) was applied. Logistic regression models were used to study the association between the degree of adherence to DietMed and the presence of severe COVID-19 symptoms.  RESULTS:  Of the participants, 60.0% were women and 53.9% were between 40-59 years of age. During SARSCov-2 infection, 73% were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms and about 27% developed severe symptoms. In this study, adherence to DietMed was considered weak for 24%, moderate for 62% and strong for 15% of the adults surveyed. In the model adjusted for all variables under study, and compared to a low degree of adherence to DietMed, the OR of developing severe symptoms was 0.519 (95% CI: 0.280-0.914) and 0.48 (95% CI: 0.252 -0.918) for moderate and strong adherence, respectively.  CONCLUSIONS:  In this study, adults with strong adherence to DietMed were less likely to develop severe symptoms of COVID-19 disease. Therefore, the recommendation of a high consumption of vegetables, fruit, legumes, unrefined cereals, olive oil, nuts and oilseeds, as well as the precaution in the intake of red meat and industrialized products should be considered in the reduction of the severity of COVID-19 disease.]]></p></abstract>
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