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Vitamin D deficiency raises COVID-19 infection risk by 77%, study finds - UPI.com
Interesting if true. It would help explain the poor outcomes of lock downs since most people's primary source of Vitamin D is sun exposure... not to mention that city dwellers who don't supplement Vitamin D tend to have Vitamin D deficiency:
It might also help explain why the elderly, who are home bound in large numbers, are more susceptible.
Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Vitamin D deficiency increases a person's risk for catching COVID-19 by 77% compared to those with sufficient levels of the nutrient, a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open found.
As many as one in four of the nearly 500 participants in the study were found to have less-than-optimal levels of vitamin D, the data showed.
Among those found to be lacking the key nutrient, 22% contracted COVID-19, the data showed.
Of the 60% of study subjects with adequate vitamin D levels, just 12% were infected, according to the researchers.
Interesting if true. It would help explain the poor outcomes of lock downs since most people's primary source of Vitamin D is sun exposure... not to mention that city dwellers who don't supplement Vitamin D tend to have Vitamin D deficiency:
"Vitamin D deficiency is very common in Brooklyn, NY and when I test my patients, unless they take supplements they often are deficient in vitamin d. New York City pollution or northern latitude just make it more difficult to make sufficient quantities of vitamin D from sun exposure. If you live in Brooklyn or New York City year round, you should consider taking vitamin D supplements."
It might also help explain why the elderly, who are home bound in large numbers, are more susceptible.