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 
  • #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 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
  • 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
• 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

Vitamin D Life has several Gene categories

• 266 articles in Genetics
• 384 articles in Vitamin D Receptor
• 140 articles in Vitamin D Binding Protein = GC
• 35 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 Vitamin D Life start with:

49 items in High Risk Category (below)

see also
  Overview Dark Skin
  Overview Seniors
  Overview Obesity
  Overview Pregnancy
  Overview Deficiency
   Shut-in category which has 32 items
   Middle East category which has 132 items

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