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ArticleHeliyon2023

The relation between dietary zinc and immune status in saudi adults.

Waad Alfawaz, Maryam Almutlaq, Haya Alzeer, Yasmeen Alwashmi, Ghadeer S Aljuraiban, Maitha Alsaid, Sheikhah Alnashmi

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Waad AlfawazDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Maryam AlmutlaqDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Haya AlzeerDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Yasmeen AlwashmiDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Ghadeer S AljuraibanDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Maitha AlsaidDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Sheikhah AlnashmiDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, PO Box 11433, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although there is an increased interest in zinc intake and its role in boosting immunity, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated the relationship between dietary zinc intake and immunity in Saudi adults. This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the extent to which the dietary zinc impacted the immune health of 252 Saudi adults aged 18 years and above. Immune health was assessed using the Immune Status Questionnaire (ISQ), and dietary zinc intake was estimated using an adapted zinc-specific version of the Saudi Food Frequency Questionnaire (SFFQ). Three scores were calculated for use in the statistical analyses (zinc intake score, immune status score, and health status score). A linear regression analysis was used to investigate the association between the dietary zinc intake and immune and health status scores. The means of dietary zinc intake, ISQ, and health status scores were 46.94, 7.10, and 7.84, respectively. We found that a high zinc intake score was directly associated with immune status score (

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Food frequency questionnaireHealth statusImmunityZinc

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