The role of vitamin C in pneumonia and COVID-19 infection in adults with European ancestry: a Mendelian randomisation study.

L L HuiEdmund Anthony S NelsonS L LinJie V Zhao

Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

Mendelian randomisation analysis provided little evidence for an association of genetically predicted circulating levels of vitamin C with COVID-19 or pneumonia and thus our findings provided little support to the use of vitamin C in prevention and treatment in these patients, unless high dose vitamin C infusion has therapeutic effects via different biological pathways.

Keyphrases

high dose
end stage renal disease
low dose
coronavirus disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
sars cov
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
community acquired pneumonia
replacement therapy