Vitamin D status: a U-shaped relationship for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in UK healthcare workers

• Published in: BMJ open respiratory research Vol. 9; no. 1; p. e001258
• Main Authors: Lugg, Sebastian T, Mackay, William R, Faniyi, Aduragbemi A, Faustini, Sian E, Webster, Craig, Duffy, Joanne E, Hewison, Martin, Shields, Adrian M, Parekh, Dhruv, Richter, Alex G, Scott, Aaron, Thickett, David R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Thoracic Society 01.09.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Age; Binding sites; Body mass index; Chromatography; Comorbidity; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Demographics; Ethnicity; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Immune system; Infections; Male; Mass spectrometry; Medical personnel; Minority & ethnic groups; Mortality; Pandemics; Respiratory Infection; SARS-CoV-2; Scientific imaging; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; State Medicine; United Kingdom - epidemiology; viral infection; Vitamin D; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; COVID-19; viral infection; respiratory infection

BackgroundThere is increasing evidence that vitamin D (VD) deficiency may increase individuals’ risk of COVID-19 infection and susceptibility. We aimed to determine the relationship between VD deficiency and sufficiency and COVID-19 seropositivity within healthcare workers.MethodsThe study included...