[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 mortality risk correlates inversely with vitamin D3 status, and a mortality rate close to zero could theoretically be achieved at 50 ng/mL 25 (OH) D3 …

L Borsche, B Glauner, J von Mendel - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Systematic Review COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status, and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and SARS-CoV2 infection, severity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

O D'Ecclesiis, C Gavioli, C Martinoli, S Raimondi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
To assess the evidence on SARS-CoV2 infection and Covid-19 in relation to deficiency and
supplementation of vitamin D, we conducted a systematic review up to April 2021. We …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D levels in COVID-19 outpatients from western Mexico: clinical correlation and effect of its supplementation

GA Sánchez-Zuno, G González-Estevez… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D are known to be beneficial in viral
infections; it is also known that its deficiency is associated with a prognosis more critical of …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening the immunity of the Swiss population with micronutrients: A narrative review and call for action

MM Berger, I Herter-Aeberli, MB Zimmermann… - Clinical nutrition …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The enormous health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has refocused
attention on measures to optimize immune function and vaccine response. Dietary …

[HTML][HTML] Notable developments for vitamin D amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but caution warranted overall: a narrative review

R Lordan - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel contagion
that has infected over 113 million people worldwide. It is responsible for the coronavirus …

COVID-19 pandemic and vitamin D: rising trends in status and in daily amounts of vitamin D provided by supplements

MJ McKenna, OC Lyons, MAT Flynn, RK Crowley… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there have been plausible
suggestions about the need to augment vitamin D intake by supplementation in order to …

Overcoming infections including COVID-19, by maintaining circulating 25 (OH) D concentrations above 50 ng/mL

SJ Wimalawansa - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The elderly and those with underlying chronic diseases (ie, comorbidities) such as
pulmonary, cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal diseases, increase their susceptibility to …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding a low vitamin D state in the context of COVID-19

JB Walsh, DM McCartney, É Laird… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
While a low vitamin D state has been associated with an increased risk of infection by SARS-
CoV-2 in addition to an increased severity of COVID-19 disease, a causal role is not yet …

[HTML][HTML] Serum vitamin D levels are associated with increased COVID-19 severity and mortality independent of whole-body and visceral adiposity

PE Vanegas-Cedillo, OY Bello-Chavolla… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. Vitamin D deficiency
has been associated with susceptibility to infectious disease. In this study, the association …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding light on vitamin D: the shared mechanistic and pathophysiological role between hypovitaminosis D and COVID-19 risk factors and complications

E Menshawey, R Menshawey, OA Nabeh - Inflammopharmacology, 2021 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is the culprit of the
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which has infected approximately 173 million people and …