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. 2021 Apr;35(4):378-380.
doi: 10.1038/s41371-020-00398-z. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Vitamin D deficiency in African Americans is associated with a high risk of severe disease and mortality by SARS-CoV-2

Virna Margarita Martín Giménez  1 , Felipe Inserra  2 , León Ferder  2 , Joxel García  3 , Walter Manucha  4
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Vitamin D deficiency in African Americans is associated with a high risk of severe disease and mortality by SARS-CoV-2

Virna Margarita Martín Giménez et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2021 Apr.
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Fig. 1. Imbalanced protective and harmful factors facing to COVID-19 infection in African Americans.
Multiple genetic and epigenetic factors added to lack of the equilibrium between ACE/ACE2 are critical in the African American population since they predispose to get several diseases such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus which worsen the pathophysiology of COVID-19 infection and increase the morbidity and mortality in black people.
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