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No evidence that vitamin D is able to prevent or affect the severity of COVID-19 in individuals with European ancestry: a Mendelian randomisation study of open data

BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory tract infections are reportedly more frequent and more severe in individuals with lower vitamin D levels. Based on these findings, it has been suggested that vitamin D can prevent or reduce the severity of COVID-19. METHODS: We used two-sample Mendelian randomisation (M...

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Autores principales: Amin, Hasnat A, Drenos, Fotios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000151