COVID-19 is strongly associated with low vitamin D

Page started April 5, 2020

COVID-19 and High Risk for low Vitamin D

• Seniors - high COVID-19 rates in most countries

  • 4X less vitamin D generated from the sun on senior skins

  • seniors out in the sun less

  • frequently have diseases which consume vitamin D

• Nursing homes - check -the first of many was near Seattle

• Prisons - many around the world

• Sailors in large aircraft carrier - check - get very little sunshine + close quarters~~

• Sailors on submarines 

  • 1. 2  Russia  Both no sunshine + close quarters

• People wearing concealing clothes (generally for religious reasons - Muslim, Orthodox Jews, Monks of many religions, etc)

  • Outbreak of COVID-19 by Muslims in India 

  • Muslims with dark skin living in Northen latitude

  • Ultra-orthodox Jews - check 4X faster than other Jews in the same area

• Smokers   - - Chinese. Northern Italy?  -both 10 ng lower vitamin D levels and unhealthy lungs  Forbes EU

  • if both parents smoke you are41X more likely to have low vitamin D

• Not supplement with Vitamin D - note: only 0.7% of Chinese take any supplement

• Middle East- keep out of very hot sun, concealing clothing, pray close to others - IRAN for example

• Have low Vitamin D due to a disease like

  • Diabetes - yes

  • Every ARDS patient was vitamin D deficient

• Obese - 64% of COVID-19 ICU patients were Obese    Mexico soon

• Asthmatics - they typically have low vitamin D levels 

• Truckers - expected, but not yet noticed

• City dwellers have lower vitamin D levels (not outdoors as much) and also have less social distancing

  • Many COVID-19 outbreaks are in large cities

• Pollution

• Shift workers -unaware of any COVID-19 data

  • Bakers tend to have low Vitamin D levels - no COVID-19 data

• Blacks were 4X more likely to die of COVID than whites

  • Mississippi has the highest rate of COiVD-19 hospitalizations in the world

  • Higher incidence of COVID-19 in areas with high concentration of blacks

* * From the DOCX file at the bottom of this page Link

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Example of studies relating increased disase risk to poor vitamin D Genes

• Multiple Sclerosis more likely if poor vitamin D genes - 22nd study – Aug 2017

• 8 genes associated with both Alzheimer’s and lowish Vitamin D – May 2019

• Vitamin D restricted in getting to cells by genes, obesity, etc – Jan 2017

• The more the African Ancestry, the lower the vitamin D level – July 2010

• Low Vitamin D in blood is associated with 69 genes, only 6 of which are reported on - Feb 2020

• Pregnancy complications cut in half by 4,400 IU of Vitamin D - Sept 2017

• Health problems that run in families are often associated with low vitamin D

  • Includes: "Every single health problem in this list is strongly related to vitamin D deficiency."

• Live longer if have more than 40 ng of Vitamin D (gene analysis of 10,500 people) – Jan 2019

VitaminDWiki has several Gene categories

• articles in Genetics

• articles in Vitamin D Receptor

• articles in Vitamin D Binding Protein = GC

• articles in CYP27B1

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Aware of only a single study (Chinese) observing at COVID-19 association with low vitamin D

A retrospective study could be made of Vitamin D from COVID-19 patient blood draws

High Risk category in VitaminDWiki start with:

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