Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its prognostic impact on patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although hypovitaminosis D appears to be highly prevalent in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), its impact on their prognosis remains unclear.

Methods

In this study, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (Vit-D) level was measured in 200 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The association between Vit-D and the composite endpoint of intensive care unit (ICU) admission/in-hospital death was explored using univariable and multivariable analyses. Also, serum Vit-D level in patients with COVID-19 was compared with that in age- and sex-balanced COVID-19-negative controls (i.e., 50 inpatients with sepsis).

Results

Serum Vit-D level was comparable between patients with COVID-19 and COVID-19-negative inpatients with sepsis (P = 0.397). No significant difference

SUBMITTER: Bianconi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247197 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature