People who suffer the most from Covid-19 are almost twice as likely to be deficient in vitamin D, a study has found — implying that supplements might help to protect against the disease.
The findings, from a study of 216 Spanish patients, are the latest to suggest a link between low levels of the vitamin and serious cases of Covid-19.
Among the Spanish patients 82 per cent were deficient in vitamin D. When scientists looked at a comparable population without Covid-19, 47 per cent were found to be deficient. Separately, a paper published yesterday in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health found that people who took vitamin D supplements were less likely to suffer from respiratory problems in general.
Suzana AlMoosawi, from Imperial College London,
