There is direct evidence that vitamin D reduces the death rate of patients with neocyctic pneumonia

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua
) -- New research from Boston University School of Medicine shows that patients hospitalized with neo-coronary pneumonia are significantly less likely to die or become seriously ill if they have adequate vitamin D reserves in their bodies, according to a new study by Physicists.Writing in the latest issue of the journal Public Library of Science Biology,
researchers said they collected blood samples from 235 hospitalized patients with new coronary pneumonia, measured the concentration of vitamin D in the blood, and tracked their inpatient indicators (severity of infection, loss of consciousness, lack of oxygen and death due to breathing difficulties), as well as analysis of inflammatory markers (C-reactive proteins) and the number of lymphocytes in the blood. They then compared all of these parameters in patients with "vitamin D deficiency" and "vitamin D deficiency".
found that those with "adequate vitamin D" in their bodies - patients with a blood concentration of at least 30 ng/ml (ng/m) had a "significantly reduced risk of adverse clinical outcomes", including coma, hypoxia and death; Among patients over the age of 40, patients with adequate vitamin D had a "51.5% reduction in death rates" compared to those who were "inadequate" with vitamin D.
, co-author of the paper, said: "This is direct evidence that adequate vitamin D reduces complications and risk of death from neo-coronary pneumonia. A
recently published by John Hollik also found that adequate vitamin D can reduce the risk of contracting the new coronavirus by 54 percent. In a similar study of 489 patients this month by the University of Chicago, patients with vitamin D deficiency were "almost twice as likely" to be positive for new crown pneumonia as others.
D not only helps fight new coronavirus infections, but also other viruses that cause upper respiratory tract diseases, including influenza, says Mr Hollik.
Hollik believes their study provides a simple and cost-effective strategy to improve people's ability to fight the new coronavirus and reduce the adverse clinical consequences of neo crown pneumonia. "People can take vitamin D supplements with caution to reduce the risk of infection and complications from the new coronavirus," he stressed. "