2.3 X increase in COVID-19 death if mentally ill (associations: Mental Illness and Low Vitamin D, Low D and COVID-19 death)

Mental illness tied to increased mortality in COVID-19 MDEdge

• “In the unadjusted model, the risk for COVID-19–related hospital death was greater for those who had received any psychiatric diagnosis, compared with those had not (hazard ratio, 2.3 ; 95% CI, 1.8-2.9; P < .001).”

• “In the adjusted model that controlled for demographic characteristics, other medical comorbidities, and hospital location, the mortality risk somewhat decreased but still remained significantly higher (HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9; P = .003).”

  • Note – they adjusted-out comorbidities associated with low vitamin D

  • Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned

See also VitaminDWiki

In the last century Dr. Cannell, founder of the Vitamin D Council, was aware of the association of psychiatric problems and low Vitamin D

• 95 percent of depressed patients in Egypt had low vitamin D – Feb 2020

  Non-Daily Intervention of Vitamin D for Depression

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COVID-19 mortality and low vitamin D

• Virtually no COVID-19 cases in countries having more than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Sept 17, 2020

• 14.7 X more likely to die of COVID-19 if less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (185 Germans) – Sept 10, 2020

  COVID-19 news

  COVID-19 and Dark Skins

  COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos

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Many clinical trials are underway which are testing Vitamin D to fight COVID-19