The impact of individual lifestyle and status on the acquisition of COVID-19: A case—Control study
Chang Gao, Zhi Zhao, Fengyuan Li, Jia-Lin Liu, Hongyang Xu, Yuanying Zeng, Ling Yang, Jiahao Chen, Xiaoting Lu, Can Wang, Qiang Guo
PLOS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241540
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to the world. Whether there is an association between lifestyle behaviors and the acquisition of COVID-19 remains unclear.
Methods In this case-control study, we recruited 105 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a case group from the Wuhan Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, China). For each case two control subjects were recruited. Participants were randomly selected from communities in Wuhan and matched for sex, age (± 2yrs), and pre-existing comorbidities (hypertension and diabetes).
Results A total of 105 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and 210 controls were included. Compared with control group, the case group had higher proportions of lack of sleep (30.5% vs. 14.8%, P = 0.001) and increased physical activities (56.2% vs. 32.9%, P < 0.001). And patients in the case group were more likely to have alopecia (28.6% vs. 10.0%, P < 0.001) than people from the control group. Overall, we found that lack of sleep [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.56, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-2.39)], physical activities (� 5 times a week) (adjusted OR 2.05, 95%CI 1.39-3.02) and alopecia (adjusted OR 1.73, 95%CI 1.13-2.66) were independent risk factors for COVID-19 infection. Conversely, low-dose alcohol intake (<100g alcohol per week), hand hygiene, and fruits intake (daily) were significantly associated with a decrease in morbidity.
Supporting information
Author Contributions Data curation: Chang Gao, Zhi Zhao, Jia-lin Liu, Hongyang Xu, Yuanying Zeng, Ling Yang, Jiahao Chen, Xiaoting Lu, Qiang Guo. Formal analysis: Chang Gao, Zhi Zhao, Fengyuan Li. Investigation: Chang Gao, Fengyuan Li. Supervision: Can Wang, Qiang Guo. Writing -original draft: Zhi Zhao, Fengyuan Li. Writing -review & editing: Qiang Guo.
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'<jats:title>Background</jats:title>\n'
'<jats:p>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to the world. Whether there is an '
'association between lifestyle behaviors and the acquisition of COVID-19 remains '
'unclear.</jats:p>\n'
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'<jats:title>Methods</jats:title>\n'
'<jats:p>In this case-control study, we recruited 105 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a '
'case group from the Wuhan Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, China). For each case two control subjects '
'were recruited. Participants were randomly selected from communities in Wuhan and matched for '
'sex, age (± 2yrs), and pre-existing comorbidities (hypertension and diabetes).</jats:p>\n'
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'<jats:title>Results</jats:title>\n'
'<jats:p>A total of 105 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and 210 controls were included. '
'Compared with control group, the case group had higher proportions of lack of sleep (30.5% '
'vs. 14.8%, P = 0.001) and increased physical activities (56.2% vs. 32.9%, P < 0.001). And '
'patients in the case group were more likely to have alopecia (28.6% vs. 10.0%, P < 0.001) '
'than people from the control group. Overall, we found that lack of sleep [adjusted odds ratio '
'(OR) 1.56, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–2.39)], physical activities (≥ 5 times a week) '
'(adjusted OR 2.05, 95%CI 1.39–3.02) and alopecia (adjusted OR 1.73, 95%CI 1.13–2.66) were '
'independent risk factors for COVID-19 infection. Conversely, low-dose alcohol intake '
'(<100g alcohol per week), hand hygiene, and fruits intake (daily) were significantly '
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'<jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>\n'
'<jats:p>Individual lifestyle behaviors and health status can affect the occurrence of '
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