UF Health Discovers Possible Risk Factor for COVID-19

A recent study revealed another possible risk factor for COVID-19: vitamin D deficiency.

A UF research team found vitamin D-deficient patients were four times more likely to be COVID-19 positive than those with a sufficient amount of the crucial vitamin, which people can get from sources like sunlight and animal proteins.

Joseph Katz, a professor of oral medicine in the UF College of Dentistry, began conducting the research because he wondered whether vitamin D deficiency influenced the onset of COVID-19. The study took about three months, and Katz worked with UF biostatisticians like Sijia Yue to analyze the data and adjust for different variables, he said.

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