id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-353110-0oxy9b1p Hastie, Claire E. Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank 2020-05-07 .txt text/plain 2337 159 50 • We explored whether blood 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration was associated with COVID-19 risk among UK Biobank participants, and whether this explained wholly, or in part, the higher incidence of COVID-19 infection in ethnic minority participants. • Our analyses of UK Biobank data provided no evidence to support a potential role for (25(OH)D) concentration to explain susceptibility to COVID-19 infection either overall or in explaining differences between ethnic groups. 11 In this study, we hypothesised that blood 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration was associated with COVID-19 risk among UK Biobank participants, and explained wholly, or in part, the higher incidence of COVID-19 infection in ethnic minority participants. Our analyses of UK Biobank data provided no evidence to support a potential role for 0.029 OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval *also adjusted for sex, month of assessment, Townsend deprivation quintile, household income, self-reported health rating, smoking status, BMI category, age at assessment, diabetes, SBP, DBP, and long-standing illness, disability or infirmity ./cache/cord-353110-0oxy9b1p.txt ./txt/cord-353110-0oxy9b1p.txt