Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Vitamin D"
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Association between low serum vitamin d and Increased mortality and severity due to COVID-19: reverse causality?
(2022)We are very close to completing two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though vaccines have been developed and applied to more than 4 billion people in the world, SARS-CoV-2 continues to be a challenge ... -
Perspective: Vitamin D supplementation prevents rickets and acute respiratory infections when given as daily maintenance but not as intermittent bolus: Implications for COVID-19
(2021)The value of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment or prevention of various conditions is often viewed with scepticism as a result of contradictory results of randomised trials. It is now becoming apparent that there ... -
Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low
(2021)There is growing evidence linking vitamin D deficiency with risk of COVID-19. It is therefore distressing that there is major disagreement about the optimal serum level for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and appropriate ... -
Severity and Mortality of SARS-COV-2 infection and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration: a metanalysis
(2021)Introduction: There is increasing scientific interest in the possible association between hypovitaminosis D and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection severity and/or mortality. Objective: To conduct a metanalysis of the ... -
Vitamin D and orthostatic hypotension.
(2012)Introduction: we aimed to investigate on the potential relationship between vitamin D and orthostatic hypotension (OH) in a case-control model in older adults. Methods: all participants were community-dwelling adults who ...
