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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
- 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 are 41X 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
- 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
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
- Vitamin D genes and pregnancy – 7th study - 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
331 articles in Genetics 510 articles in Vitamin D Receptor 176 articles in Vitamin D Binding Protein = GC 60 articles in CYP27B1
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 drawsHigh Risk category in VitaminDWiki start with:
64 items in High Risk Category Those at high-risk of being Vitamin D deficient will require about 1.5X more vitamin D to restore their levels
see also
Those who are at risk due to being obese need about 2X more vitamin D to restore their levels
Overview Dark Skin
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Overview Obesity
Overview Pregnancy
Overview Deficiency
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