Keto for covid

[shpalman]

Clinical Efficacy of Eucaloric Ketogenic Nutrition in the COVID-19 Cytokine Storm: a Retrospective Analysis of Mortality and ICU Admission

https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-103541/v2

Unreviewed preprint.

[Herainestold]

Clinical Efficacy of Eucaloric Ketogenic Nutrition in the COVID-19 Cytokine Storm: a Retrospective Analysis of Mortality and ICU Admission

https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-103541/v2

Unreviewed preprint.

Keto is the miracle diet for everything, weight loss, type 1 and 2 diabetes, cancer and now covid.
I read the paper and could not make head nor tail of it. I await the comments of somebody smarter than I am.

[jdc]

A trend of reduced 30-day mortality (HR 0.416, 95% CI 0.122 – 1.413, P = 0.160) and a trend regarding the need for ICU admission (HR 0.357, 95% CI 0.045 – 2.847, P = 0.331) were observed in subjects treated with the EKD compared to patients fed with the standard diet. No significantly different risks in the need for CPAP (HR 0.968, CI 0.289 – 3.242, P = 0.958 for EKD) or the composite endpoint (HR 0.674, CI 0.233 – 1.949, P = 0.446 for EKD) were detectable between the two groups of dietary patterns.

Furthermore, IL-6 concentrations between t 0 and t 7 (seven days after the beginning of the diet) in the ketogenic nutrition group showed a median difference of -26.0 ȵg/mL and a mean difference of -164 ȵg/mL (data from 23 of the 34 pairs) compared to controls, with a trend toward significance (P = 0.062). EKD was safe and no adverse events were observed in patients fed an EKD.

I always enjoy seeing the phrase "trend towards significance" in a paper where a stack of results are given that all have CIs that include the null value and p>0.05