Vitamin D deficiency is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and exacerbation of COPD.
Komarla Sundararaja LokeshSindaghatta Krishnarao ChayaBiligere Siddaiah JayarajAttahalli Shivanarayanprasad PraveenaMurali KrishnaPurnima MadhivananMahesh Padukudru AnandPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)
In a rural population exposed to sunlight many hours a day throughout their lives, low Vitamin D levels were associated with COPD and exacerbations of COPD.