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Abdominal Obesity
The Association Between the Level of Serum 25(OH) Vitamin D, Obesity, and underlying Diseases with the risk of Developing COVID‐19 Infection: A case‐control study of hospitalized patients in Tehran, Iran.
Published: 2021
SYNOPSIS
Low levels of Vitamin D and obesity positively correlated with symptomatic COIVD
CITATION
Abdollahi, A, Sarvestani, HK, Rafat, Z, et al. The association between the level of serum 25(OH) vitamin D, obesity, and underlying diseases with the risk of developing COVID‐19 infection: A case–control study of hospitalized patients in Tehran, Iran. J Med Virol. 2021; 93: 2359– 2364. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26726
SUMMARY
The aim of this study was to explore an association between the serum vitamin D level, obesity, and underlying health conditions, as well as the vulnerability to COVID‐19 in the Iranian population. A significant negative correlation was observed between the serum vitamin D level and developing coronavirus infection.