80% Of COVID-19 Patients Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Suggests

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Over 80 per cent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, suggests a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The kidneys produce Vitamin D hormone that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system.

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A variety of health concerns are linked with vitamin C deficiency, although research is still underway into why the hormone impacts other systems of the body. Many studies point to the beneficial effect of vitamin D on the immune system, especially regarding protection against infections.

Study co-author Jose L. Hernandez, Ph.D., of the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain said, “One approach is to identify and treat vitamin D deficiency, especially in high-risk individuals such as the elderly, patients with co morbidities, and nursing home residents, who are the main target population for the COVID-19.”

“Vitamin D treatment should be recommended in COVID-19 patients with low levels of vitamin D circulating in the blood since this approach might have beneficial effects in both the musculoskeletal and the immune system,” added Hernandez.

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According to researchers 80 per cent of 216 COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla had vitamin D deficiency, and men had lower vitamin D levels than women.

COVID-19 patients with lower vitamin D levels also had raised serum levels of inflammatory markers such as ferritin and D-dimer.

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