Serum Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Increased COVID-19 Severity and Mortality Independent of Whole-Body and Visceral Adiposity

Serum Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Increased COVID-19 Severity and Mortality Independent of Whole-Body and Visceral Adiposity

IntroductionCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with susceptibility to infectious disease. In this study, the association between COVID-19 outcomes and vitamin D levels in patients attending a COVID-19 reference center in Mexico City are exam...

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Main Authors: Pablo Esteban Vanegas-Cedillo, Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla, Natalia Ramírez-Pedraza, Bethsabel Rodríguez Encinas, Carolina Isabel Pérez Carrión, María Isabel Jasso-Ávila, Jorge Carlos Valladares-García, Diana Hernández-Juárez, Arsenio Vargas-Vázquez, Neftali Eduardo Antonio-Villa, Monica Chapa-Ibarguengoitia, Alfredo Ponce de Leon, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Roopa Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
Vitamin D
COVID-19
adipose tissue
severe COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.813485/full

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