[HTML][HTML] Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low

G Griffin, M Hewison, J Hopkin, RA Kenny, R Quinton… - Clinical Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence linking vitamin D deficiency with risk of COVID-19. It is therefore
distressing that there is major disagreement about the optimal serum level for 25 …

Vitamin D deficiency as risk factor for severe COVID-19: a convergence of two pandemics

D De Smet, K De Smet, P Herroelen, S Gryspeerdt… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Structured abstract Importance Vitamin D deficiency increases the incidence of respiratory
virus infections. More than 1 billion people worldwide are vitamin D deficient. If vitamin D …

Low vitamin D levels do not aggravate COVID-19 risk or death, and vitamin D supplementation does not improve outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a …

J Chen, K Mei, L Xie, P Yuan, J Ma, P Yu, W Zhu… - Nutrition journal, 2021 - Springer
Background The associations between vitamin D and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
infection and clinical outcomes are controversial. The efficacy of vitamin D supplementation …

[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 …

Vitamin D supplementation could prevent and treat influenza, coronavirus, and pneumonia infections

WB Grant, H Lahore, SL McDonnell, CA Baggerly… - 2020 - preprints.org
Low vitamin D status in winter permits viral epidemics. During winter, people who do not
take vitamin D supplements are likely to have low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] …

Sorting out whether vitamin D deficiency raises COVID-19 risk

R Rubin - JAMA, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
One of the risk factors du jour for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been vitamin D
deficiency. Even Anthony Fauci, MD, has said he takes a vitamin D supplement. Vitamin D …

Vitamin D3 and COVID-19 outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

F Petrelli, S Oldani, K Borgonovo, M Cabiddu… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The immune system (innate and adaptive) is influenced by vitamin D3, which
affects gene expression and inflammatory pathways. An umbrella review was conducted to …

Consensus and controversial aspects of vitamin D and COVID-19

JP Bilezikian, N Binkley, HF De Luca… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective This work aims to review and discuss controversial topics in the field of vitamin D,
SARS-CoV-2 infection, and COVID-19. Methods The International Conferences …

The role of vitamin D in COVID-19 and the impact of pandemic restrictions on vitamin D blood content

A Tomaszewska, A Rustecka… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin D is a hormone regulating the immune system and playing a pivotal role in
responses to microbial infections. It regulates inflammatory processes by influencing the …

Association of vitamin D status with COVID-19 and its severity: Vitamin D and COVID-19: A narrative review

JH Bae, HJ Choe, MF Holick, S Lim - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2022 - Springer
Vitamin D is associated with biological activities of the innate and adaptive immune systems,
as well as inflammation. In observational studies, an inverse relationship has been found …