1. After infection with the coronavirus, a high vitamin
D level may prevent you from getting sick
On the web, doctors and experts are openly speculating
about the protective effect of vitamin D against the
coronavirus. After all, vitamin D protects against colds
and flu, so why not against Covid19? Filipino radiologist
Mark Alipio went a step further than speculation. He
analyzed data from 212 patients with a corona infection.
Vitamin D & Covid-19
The indications that vitamin D can protect against the
coronavirus are stronger than we might suggest above. In
biomedical science journals, doctors have repeatedly pointed
out that in countries where the sun is less powerful, mortality
rates during the corona crisis are also higher.
For example, the figure below comes from an editorial
recently published by English and Irish researchers in Alimentary Pharmacology &
Therapeutics. [Aliment Pharmacol Ther.2020;10.1111/apt.15777.]
In addition, news media have reported
increased mortality rates in dark-skinned people, such as African-Americans in the
US, [bbc.com, 11 April 2020] and Somali in Sweden [sverigesradio.se, 24 mars 2020] and
2. Norway. [thelocal.no 8 April 2020] People with dark skin are less likely to get vitamin D from
sunlight than people with fair skin.
Study
Mark Alipio used data collected from 3 South Asian hospitals. Alipio knew the patients' vitamin
D status and the severity of their condition. Using statistical techniques, Alipio determined the
relationship between the two.
Results
When the vitamin D level was above 30 nanograms per milliliter, the symptoms of corona
contamination were almost always mild. Pneumonia, fever, breathing difficulties and
admission to intensive care were rare in this group.
3. The higher the vitamin D level, the less chance that a corona infection will result in symptoms
of the disease. And the other way around, the lower the vitamin D level, the greater the
chance of developing symptoms - and the more serious the symptoms.
Conclusion
"This study provides substantial information to clinicians and health policy-makers", Alipio
concludes. "Vitamin D supplementation could possibly improve clinical outcomes of patients
infected with Covid-2019 based on increasing odds ratio of having a mild outcome when
serum (OH)D level increases."
"Further research may conduct randomized controlled trials and large population studies to
evaluate this recommendation."
Acknowledgment
This post would never have been written without Ferdinand Oeinck's tenacity and
indispensable help.
Source:
Alipio, Mark.VitaminD Supplementation Could Possibly Improve Clinical Outcomes of Patients
Infected with Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-2019) (April8, 2020).Available at SSRN:
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3571484.
More:
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Meta-study: supplements containing vitamin D protect against colds 23.04.2017
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Suffer from continuous colds? Try vitamin D3 24.02.2013
![After infection with the coronavirus, a high vitamin
D level may prevent you from getting sick
On the web, doctors and experts are openly speculating
about the protective effect of vitamin D against the
coronavirus. After all, vitamin D protects against colds
and flu, so why not against Covid19? Filipino radiologist
Mark Alipio went a step further than speculation. He
analyzed data from 212 patients with a corona infection.
Vitamin D & Covid-19
The indications that vitamin D can protect against the
coronavirus are stronger than we might suggest above. In
biomedical science journals, doctors have repeatedly pointed
out that in countries where the sun is less powerful, mortality
rates during the corona crisis are also higher.
For example, the figure below comes from an editorial
recently published by English and Irish researchers in Alimentary Pharmacology &
Therapeutics. [Aliment Pharmacol Ther.2020;10.1111/apt.15777.]
In addition, news media have reported
increased mortality rates in dark-skinned people, such as African-Americans in the
US, [bbc.com, 11 April 2020] and Somali in Sweden [sverigesradio.se, 24 mars 2020] and](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/afterinfectionwiththecoronavirus-200428220946/85/After-infection-with-the-coronavirus-vit-D-1-320.jpg)
![Norway. [thelocal.no 8 April 2020] People with dark skin are less likely to get vitamin D from
sunlight than people with fair skin.
Study
Mark Alipio used data collected from 3 South Asian hospitals. Alipio knew the patients' vitamin
D status and the severity of their condition. Using statistical techniques, Alipio determined the
relationship between the two.
Results
When the vitamin D level was above 30 nanograms per milliliter, the symptoms of corona
contamination were almost always mild. Pneumonia, fever, breathing difficulties and
admission to intensive care were rare in this group.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)