Fig. 1: Imbalanced protective and harmful factors facing to COVID-19 infection in African Americans. | Journal of Human Hypertension

Fig. 1: Imbalanced protective and harmful factors facing to COVID-19 infection in African Americans.

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

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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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