Black women more likelily to get Covid

A new study shows that Black women with low vitamin D levels are more likely to get COVID-19, leading researchers at Boston University to surmise that attaining sufficient levels of vitamin D may help protect them from COVID-19. People with a dark skin have lower Vitamin D levels.

Scientists assessed three levels of vitamin D — deficient, insufficient and sufficient — among women who had been tested for COVID using data from a 1995 Black Women's Health Study of 59,000 Black women ages 21 through 69 years. The new study found that Black American women with deficient levels of vitamin D had a 69% greater risk of COVID-19 infection than women with sufficient vitamin D levels.

In addition, the study showed that being obese adds to the risk of getting COVID-19. Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are also known to lead to a higher risk of osteoporosis, cancer and cardiovascular disease.