Vitamin D Insufficiency 'May Account for Almost 9 of 10 COVID-19 Deaths'

 by 

Hermann Brenner

 ^1,2,* and

Ben Schöttker

 ^1,2

¹

Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

²

Network Aging Research, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Nutrients 2020, 12(12), 3642; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123642

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Evidence from observational studies is accumulating, suggesting that the majority of deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 infections are statistically attributable to vitamin D insufficiency and could potentially be prevented by vitamin D supplementation [...] View Full-Text

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