People who are vitamin D deficient are 14 times more likely to have severe COVID-19 and to die from the disease, according to research from scientists in Israel. The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, looked at vitamin D levels before a person contracted COVID-19 and the disease’s severity and mortality. The latest study is among the first to look at vitamin D levels before a person contracted the virus. Researchers say this gives a more accurate assessment than when measuring vitamin D levels when the person is already being hospitalized for COVID-19, when levels may be lower due to the disease. Researchers from Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and the Galilee Medical Center found that patients with vitamin D deficiency (less than 20 ng/mL) were 14 times more likely to have a severe or critical case of COVID-19, compared to those with levels of vitamin D at more …
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