Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 10, 2020

The Role of Vitamin D in Suppressing Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients and Associated Mortality

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  • Data from over 5,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 9 countries are analyzed to investigate a potential association between severe Vitamin D deficiency and age-specific case fatality.  
  • The study find that countries with lower Vitamin D levels had higher age-specific case fatality, suggesting that proper Vitamin D supplementation may reduce the number of severe COVID-19 cases by up to 15%.

Daneshkhah et al. (Apr 10, 2020). The Role of Vitamin D in Suppressing Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients and Associated Mortality. Pre-print downloaded Apr 10 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.20058578