Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe COVID-19
Analysis of 20 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 13 requiring ICU admission. 84.6% of the ICU patients had low vitamin D levels versus 57.1% of the non-ICU patients.
risk of ICU admission, 45.0% lower, RR 0.55, p = 0.29, high D levels 2 of 5 (40.0%), low D levels 11 of 15 (73.3%), NNT 3.0, >30ng/mL.
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Lau et al., 28 Apr 2020, retrospective, USA, preprint, 7 authors.
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Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent in severe COVID-19
Frank H. Lau, MD, FACS1, Rinku Majumder, PhD2, Radbeh Torabi, MD1, Fouad Saeg, BS3, Ryan
Hoffman, BS4, Jeffrey D. Cirillo, PhD5, Patrick Greiffenstein, MD, FACS1
Affiliations:
1. Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
(LSUHSC-NO)
2. Department of Biochemistry, LSUHSC-NO
3. Tulane School of Medicine
4. LSUHSC-NO School of Medicine
5. Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M College of Medicine
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Frank H. Lau, MD, FACS; Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, 1542 Tulane Ave, 7th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112; email: flau@lsuhsc.edu; phone: (504)
412-1240
NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice.
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