Relationship among Dietary Intake of Vitamin E, Lipid Peroxidation Markers, and C-Reactive Protein in Flu-Like Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19

Table 1

Social-economical characteristics of patients with flu symptoms assisted by basic health units and with a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 through RT-PCR; Teresina, Piauí, 2021.

Variables	Positive COVID-19 (n = 121)
	No.	%
Sex
Male	66	54.5
Female	55	45.5
Age (y/o)	Mean (SD)	Md (min–max)
	34.22 (10.4)	33 (18.0–57.0)
Income (MW)
No income	18	14.9
Welfare	3	2.5
1SM	51	42.1
>1SM	49	40.5
Schooling
Illiterate	1	0.8
Literate	9	7.4
Complete elementary school	20	16.5
Complete high school	64	52.9
Complete college degree	27	22.3
Previous diagnosis of NCDs
Yes	24	19.8
No	97	80.2
Use of medication
Yes	22	18.2
No	99	81.8
Physical activity
Yes	50	41.3
No	71	58.7

Note. MW = minimum wage; Md = median; NCDs = noncommunicable diseases.