Pre-infection deficiency of vitamin D is associated with increased disease severity and mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
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Pre-infection deficiency of vitamin D is associated with increased disease severity and mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients Study affirms that sufficient vitamin D levels may positively influence the outcome of infection Vitamin D is most often recognized for its role in bone health, but low levels of the supplement have been associated with a range of autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. Early on in the pandemic health officials began to encourage people to take vitamin D, as it plays a role in promoting immune response and could protect against COVID-19. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University in Safed, Israel and the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel show a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity and mortality. The study is among the first to analyze vitamin D levels prior to infec