‘Multiple studies suggest that having adequate amounts of vitamin D may play a role in helping people stave off or combat the coronavirus, although the jury is still out on whether the results are conclusive or why this is so.
‘At least one overseas study has associated vitamin D deficiency with a higher risk of Covid-19. Published in medical journal JAMA Network Open on Sept 3, the study observed 489 patients from the University of Chicago Medicine health system, about a third of whom had vitamin D deficiency. Patients with vitamin D deficiency and who were not given treatment for it were 1.77 times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 than those who were not. The study also noted that other research had found that Covid-19 was less prevalent in groups that had lower rates of vitamin D deficiency.’
Read here (Straits Times, Sept 16, 2020)
