Vitamin D status and seroconversion for COVID-19 in UK healthcare workers

Aduragbemi A Faniyi; Sebastian T Lugg; Sian E Faustini; Craig Webster; Joanne E Duffy; Martin Hewison; Adrian Shields; Peter Nightingale; Alex G Richter; David R Thickett

doi:10.1183/13993003.04234-2020

Vitamin D status and seroconversion for COVID-19 in UK healthcare workers

Eur Respir J. 2021 Apr 8;57(4):2004234. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04234-2020. Print 2021 Apr.

Authors

Aduragbemi A Faniyi^{1

2}, Sebastian T Lugg^{1

2}, Sian E Faustini³, Craig Webster⁴, Joanne E Duffy⁴, Martin Hewison⁵, Adrian Shields^{3

4}, Peter Nightingale⁴, Alex G Richter^{3

4

6}, David R Thickett^{1

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Joint first authors.
³ Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ Joint last authors.

Abstract

NHS staff with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to have developed COVID-19, with staff from BAME ethnicity being the most vitamin D deficient https://bit.ly/2J3kVTc

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 / blood*
Female
Health Personnel*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Seroconversion*
United Kingdom
Vitamin D / blood*

Substances

Vitamin D

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding