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SUBMITTER: Al-Anouti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625365 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al-Anouti Fatme F Mousa Mira M Karras Spyridon N SN Grant William B WB Alhalwachi Zainab Z Abdel-Wareth Laila L Uddin Maimunah M Alkaabi Nawal N Tay Guan K GK Mahboub Bassam B AlSafar Habiba H
Nutrients 20211020 11
Vitamin D has many effects on cells in the immune system. Many studies have linked low vitamin D status with severity of COVID-19. Genetic variants involved in vitamin D metabolism have been implicated as potential risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes. This study investigated how genetic variations in humans affected the clinical presentation of COVID-19. In total, 646 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were divided into two groups: noncritical COVID-19 (<i>n</i> = 453; 70.12%) and a critic ...[more]