Vitamin D to prevent COVID-19: recommendations for the design of clinical trials.
FEBS J
; 287(17): 3689-3692, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-767430
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has focused attention on the potential role of vitamin D supplementation to prevent COVID-19. In this issue, Merzon and colleagues report epidemiologic data on the vitamin D status of 7807 individuals and their risk of developing COVID-19. In multivariable analyses, low vitamin D status was associated with increased risk of both COVID-19 infection and hospitalization. The authors call for clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation. In this Commentary, we discuss some of the challenges of vitamin D research and provide recommendations for the design of randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation to prevent COVID-19.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamin D
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Traditional medicine
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
FEBS J
Journal subject:
Biochemistry
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Febs.15534
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