Interaction between age and vitamin D deficiency in severe COVID-19 infection.

CONCLUSIONS: in this retrospective study, vitamin D deficiency showed a signal of association with severe COVID-19 infection. A significant interaction with age was noted, suggesting VDD may have a greater impact in younger patients. These findings should be confirmed in larger, prospective, adequately powered studies. PMID: 32960622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - September 21, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Macaya F, Espejo Paeres C, Valls A, Fernández-Ortiz A, González Del Castillo J, Martín-Sánchez J, Runkle I, Rubio Herrera MÁ Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research