Vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with the death rate of new coronary pneumonia.

Original title: Vitamin D deficiency and neo-coronary pneumonia death rate or strong correlation
According to physicists organization network reported on the 8th, after studying the global new coronary pneumonia pandemic data, scientists found that there is a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and death from new coronary pneumonia. Countries with higher rates of death from new
coronary pneumonia, such as Italy, Spain and
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outbreak.
team led by Northwestern University in the United States came to this conclusion by analyzing data from hospitals and clinics in China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
the study, the team, led by Vadim Buckman, noted unexplained differences in mortality rates between countries with new coronary pneumonia. Others hypothesized that this could be due to differences in the quality of care, age distribution of the population, detection rates, or different strains of coronavirus. But the Buckman team was skeptical, and then they were inspired to study the effects of vitamin D levels.
quality of care doesn't seem to play an important role, " buckman said. The health care system in northern Italy, for example, is one of the best in the world, but the mortality rate here is high. In addition, even in the same age group, there are differences in the rate of death, and so on.
analysis of globally available patient data, Buckman's team found a strong correlation between vitamin D levels and cytokine storms, as well as a link between vitamin D deficiency and death.
cytokine storm is caused by an overreaction of the immune system. "Cytokine storms can severely damage the lungs, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome and patient death, which appears to be the cause of death in most patients with new coronary pneumonia," the researchers said. Vitamin D not only strengthens a person's innitive immune system, but also prevents the immune system from becoming overactive.
analysis showed that moderate vitamin D levels, while not preventing infection, could reduce complications and prevent deaths, said Dr. Buckman. Moreover, this correlation may also help shed light on other mysteries associated with new coronary pneumonia, such as why child death rates are low. Children do not have a fully developed and accessive immune system, which is the second line of defense for the immune system and is more likely to overreact.
, however, they caution that this does not mean that everyone, especially those without known defects, needs to start taking vitamin D supplements. "While I think it's important to let people know that vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the death rate of new coronary pneumonia, it's not selling vitamin D to everyone," Buckman said. More research is needed to understand how best to use vitamin D to prevent complications of new coronary pneumonia. "
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