Research and Innovation Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, UK.
The University of East Anglia, Norfolk, UK.
Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jul;32(7):1195-1198. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01570-8. Epub 2020 May 6.
WHO declared SARS-CoV-2 a global pandemic. The present aim was to propose an hypothesis that there is a potential association between mean levels of vitamin D in various countries with cases and mortality caused by COVID-19. The mean levels of vitamin D for 20 European countries and morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19 were acquired. Negative correlations between mean levels of vitamin D (average 56 mmol/L, STDEV 10.61) in each country and the number of COVID-19 cases/1 M (mean 295.95, STDEV 298.7, and mortality/1 M (mean 5.96, STDEV 15.13) were observed. Vitamin D levels are severely low in the aging population especially in Spain, Italy and Switzerland. This is also the most vulnerable group of the population in relation to COVID-19. It should be advisable to perform dedicated studies about vitamin D levels in COVID-19 patients with different degrees of disease severity.
世界卫生组织宣布 SARS-CoV-2 为全球大流行病毒。本研究旨在提出一个假设，即各国维生素 D 平均水平与 COVID-19 病例和死亡率之间存在潜在关联。本研究获取了 20 个欧洲国家的维生素 D 平均水平（平均值为 56mmol/L，标准差为 10.61）以及 COVID-19 发病率和死亡率的数据。研究发现，各国维生素 D 平均水平与 COVID-19 病例数/100 万（平均值为 295.95，标准差为 298.7）和死亡率/100 万（平均值为 5.96，标准差为 15.13）之间存在负相关关系。在老龄化人口中，特别是在西班牙、意大利和瑞士，维生素 D 水平严重偏低。这也是与 COVID-19 相关的最脆弱人群。对于不同严重程度疾病的 COVID-19 患者，进行专门的维生素 D 水平研究是明智的。
