Washington: A new study has found that low vitamin D levels are associated with severe cases of Covid-19 and mortality.
In this study, published in the ‘Ploos One Journal’, researchers from the Faculty of Medicine Azrieli Bar-Iland University in the Safes, Israel, and Galilee medical centers in Nahariya, Israel, showed a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the severity of Covid-19 and mortality .
This study is the first to analyze vitamin D levels before infection, which facilitates more accurate assessments than during hospitalization, when the level may be lower, secondary to viral diseases.
This finding was reportedly built on the results that was originally published about Medrxiv.
Note 1,176 patients received between April 2020 and February 2021 to the Galilee Medical Center (GMC) with a positive PCR test sought in vitamin-D levels measured two weeks to two years before the infection.
Patients with vitamin-d deficiency (less than 20 ng / ml) are 14 times more likely to have a Covid case that is severe or critical than more than 40 ng / ml.
Surprisingly, mortality among patients with sufficient vitamin-D levels is 2.3 percent, different from 25.6 percent in groups that lack vitamin-d.
This study is adjusted to age, gender, season (summer / winter), chronic disease and finding similar results throughout the council highlights that low vitamin-D levels contribute significantly to the severity and mortality of the disease.
“Our results indicate that it is recommended to maintain the level of vitamin D.
It will be beneficial for those who sign a virus,” said Dr Amiel Dror from the Galilee medical center and the Faculty of Medicine Azrieli Bar-Iland University who led learning.
“There is a clear consensus for vitamin D supplementation regularly as suggested by local health authorities and global health organizations,” added the dror.
Dr.
Amir Bashkin, an endocrine expert who participated in the current study, added, “This is especially true for Pandemic Covid-19 when adequate vitamin D has additional benefits for the right impuncture response.” “This study contributes to the growing body of evidence that shows that the history of vitamin-d patient deficiency is a predictive risk factor associated with the poorer Covid-19 clinical disease course and mortality,” said the study writer Prof.
Michael Edelstein, from the Faculty of Azrieli Medical University Bar-Ilan.
“It is still unclear why certain individuals experience severe consequences of Covid-19 infection while others are not.
Our findings add a new dimension to complete this puzzle,” he concluded.