Low vitamin D and risk of bacterial pneumonias: Mendelian randomisation studies in two population-based cohorts

During up to 38 years follow up (6,342 bacterial pneumonias in observational analyses and 13,916 in genetic analyses), low vitamin D was associated with increased risk of bacterial pneumonias, but not with risk of urinary tract infection, skin infection, sepsis or gastroenteritis

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