Low plasma 25(OH) vitamin D level is associated with increased risk of COVID‐19 infection: an Israeli population‐based study

• Published in: The FEBS journal Vol. 287; no. 17; pp. 3693 - 3702
• Main Authors: Merzon, Eugene, Tworowski, Dmitry, Gorohovski, Alessandro, Vinker, Shlomo, Golan Cohen, Avivit, Green, Ilan, Frenkel‐Morgenstern, Milana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Mass Index; Calciferol; Child; Child, Preschool; confidence interval; Confidence intervals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - blood; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 infection; Demographic variables; Editor's Choice; Female; Health risks; hematologic tests; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Infections; Israel - epidemiology; Israeli population study; low plasma 25(OH) vitamin D level; Male; males; Middle Aged; Multivariate analysis; Odds Ratio; pandemic; Pandemics; Plasma; Population studies; Prevalence; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; risk of infection; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Severity of Illness Index; Social Class; socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Viral diseases; Viruses; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; Vitamin D Deficiency - virology; Vitamin deficiency; Israel; COVID-19; risk of infection; Israeli population study; vitamin D; low plasma 25(OH) vitamin D level

Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide pandemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations of plasma 25(OH)D levels with the likelihood of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infection and hospitalization. The study population included the 14 000 members of Leumit Health Services, who were tes...