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TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is a crude correlation between vitamin D levels and the number of COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 mortality, according to a study published online May 6 in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Petre Cristian Ilie, M.D., Ph.D., from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Trust in King’s Lynn, England, and colleagues examined the potential correlation between mean levels of vitamin D in countries with cases and mortality caused by COVID-19. For 20 European countries, the mean levels of vitamin D and morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19 were obtained.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that in each country, there were negative correlations observed between the mean levels of vitamin D and the number of COVID-19 cases and mortality. In the aging population, vitamin D levels were severely low, especially in Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. This population was also the most vulnerable group with respect to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
“Vitamin D has already been shown to protect against acute respiratory infections and it was shown to be safe,” the authors write. “It should be advisable to perform dedicated studies about vitamin D levels in COVID-19 patients with different degrees of disease severity.”<\/p>\n