Vitamin D and Zinc Supplementation to Improve Treatment Outcomes among COVID-19 Patients in India: Results from a Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Dr Uttara Partap, Kamal Kant Sharma, Yogesh Marathe, Molin Wang, Sanaa Shaikh, Pradeep D’costa, Gaurav Gupta, Sabri Bromage, Elena C Hemler, Nerges Mistry, Kevin C Kain, Yatin Dholakia, Wafaie W Fawzi
Current Developments in Nutrition, doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.101971
Vitamin D and zinc supplementation to improve treatment outcomes among COVID-19 patients in India: results from a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial, Current Developments in Nutrition,
Competing interests All authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Summary In a randomized factorial trial in a small population in India, neither vitamin D nor zinc supplementation appeared to improve COVID-19 treatment outcomes. Large-scale data are needed to corroborate findings.
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DATA SHARING Data from this study are currently not available to be shared due to regulatory restrictions.
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