Vitamin D levels associate with blood glucose and BMI in COVID-19 patients predicting disease severity.
Luigi di FilippoAgnese AlloraMauro DogaAnna Maria FormentiMassimo LocatelliPatrizia Rovere QueriniStefano FraraAndrea GiustinaPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)
We showed, for the first-time, a strict association of VD levels with blood glucose and BMI in COVID-19 patients. VD-deficiency might be a novel common pathophysiological mechanism involved in the detrimental effect of hyperglycemia and adiposity on disease severity.