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Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story by lisper on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:47PM (#24263998)
Not a physician, but still following this story closely. Can I ask you docs to weigh in on the recent results regarding the role of vitamin D in covid-19 outcomes?
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Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story by devaboone on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:57PM (#24264100)
This is a correlation. There are lots of conditions that are associated with low Vitamin D. Mortality overall is associated with low Vitamin D. But it doesn't mean that the low Vitamin D caused any of these problems. Having overall poor health leads to Vitamin D deficiency. The increase in mortality is more likely related to your overall health status, not your Vit D status.
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Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story by Dahoon on Monday August 24, 2020 @06:06PM (#24266086)
Do you know anything about the link between schizophrenia and Vit. d?
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Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story by tsoukase on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:13PM (#24276189)
Don't expect to find anything beyond a correlation between VitD levels and any serious disease. In any study that such is found, the substitution had no effect.
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