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Over 80% of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Finds - SciTechDaily

Over 80% of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Finds - SciTechDaily

Over 80% of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Finds - SciTechDaily
Oct 27, 2020 1 min, 12 secs

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

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a variety of health concerns, although research is still underway into why the hormone impacts other systems of the body.

“One approach is to identify and treat vitamin D deficiency, especially in high-risk individuals such as the elderly, patients with comorbidities, and nursing home residents, who are the main target population for the COVID-19,” said study co-author José L.

“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.”.

The researchers found 80 percent of 216 COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Universitario Marqués 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.

Reference “Vitamin D Status in Hospitalized Patients With SARS-Cov-2 Infection” 27 October 2020, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Ruiz-Cubillán of the Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL in Santander, Spain; Pedro Muñoz Cacho of the Servicio Cántabro de Salud in Santander, Spain;.

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