The influence of vitamin-C intake on blood glucose measurements in COVID-19 pandemic.
J Infect Dev Ctries
; 15(2): 209-213, 2021 03 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1125205
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is declared as pandemic by the World Health Orgnazation (WHO) on March 2020. One of the heavily utilized measures during this pandemic is vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid). Unfortunately, vitamin C has been associated with glucose measurement interference and thus this study highlights the elevated levels of blood glucose correlated with the presence of vitamin C interference.METHODOLOGY:
Thirty samples were selected randomly and the blood glucose were measured prior and post the addition of spiked standard concentrations of vitamin C. The interference of vitamin C with glucose readings in COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated and observed employing the Auto Chemistry Analyzer machine.RESULTS:
The addition of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) standards (spikes) into the isolated samples shows a correlated increment in the reading measures. Thereafter, the increments of Random Blood Sugar (RBS) readings after being spiked with the vitamin C standards shows a logarithmic correlation with good interesting R-squared (R2 = 0.9921).CONCLUSIONS:
The authors find that the presence of vitamin C in blood actively and significantly alters the glucose level readings especially with the highly consumption of vitamin C during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ascorbic Acid
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Blood Glucose
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Infect Dev Ctries
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jidc.13960
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