The link between COVID-19 and VItamin D (VIVID): A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Metabolism, clinical and experimental Vol. 119; p. 154753
• Main Authors: Bassatne, Aya, Basbous, Maya, Chakhtoura, Marlene, El Zein, Ola, Rahme, Maya, El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2021; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - mortality; COVID-19 - physiopathology; Dietary Supplements; Hospitalization; Humans; ICU admission; Meta-Analysis; Mortality; Nutritional Status; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - physiology; Vitamin D - therapeutic use; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - physiopathology; Vitamins - therapeutic use; COVID-19; Hospitalization; Vitamin D; Mortality; ICU admission

Disease severity and mortality rates due to COVID-19 infection are greater in the elderly and chronically ill patients, populations at high risk for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D plays an important role in immune function and inflammation. This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses the impa...