“Nearly one out of four people have vitamin D blood levels that are too low or inadequate for bone and overall health,” says lead author Yvette Cozier, associate professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. The correlation held when controlling for other factors like education, socioeconomic status, and household size. Women with low vitamin D levels and obesity were particularly at risk. Researchers found that Black women with deficient levels of vitamin D had a 69% greater risk of COVID-19 infection. The latest research is based on the Black Women’s Health Study, an ongoing 26-year study of 59,000 Black women.
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