They noted that patients from countries with high Covid-19 mortality rates were more vitamin D deficient compared to patients in countries that were not as badly affected. “While I think it is important for people to know that vitamin D deficiency might play a role in mortality, we don’t need to push vitamin D on everybody,” said Northwestern’s Vadim Backman, who led the research. Having healthy levels of vitamin D could, therefore, protect patients against severe complications, including death, from Covid-19. However, it is clear that vitamin D deficiency is harmful, and it can be easily addressed with appropriate supplementation. This might be another key to helping protect vulnerable populations, such as African-American and elderly patients, who have a prevalence of vitamin D deficiency,” added Backman.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 28, 2020 08:15 UTC