Vitamin D and COVID-19 infection and mortality in UK Biobank.

Claire E Hastie Jill P Pell Naveed Sattar

Published in: European journal of nutrition (2020)

Our findings do not support a potential link between 25(OH)D concentrations and risk of severe COVID-19 infection and mortality. Randomised trials are needed to prove a beneficial role for vitamin D in the prevention of severe COVID-19 reactions or death.

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