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0 0.5 1 1.5 2+ Mortality -98% Improvement Relative Risk Severe case -67% Vitamin D for COVID-19  Mayurathan et al.  Sufficiency Are vitamin D levels associated with COVID-19 outcomes? Retrospective 141 patients in Sri Lanka Higher severe cases with higher vitamin D levels (not stat. sig., p=0.32) c19early.org Mayurathan et al., Asian J. Internal M.., Aug 2023 Favors vitamin D Favors control

Association of vitamin D levels with severity and outcome of COVID-19 infection among inward patients at a tertiary care unit in Sri Lanka

Mayurathan et al., Asian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2:2
Aug 2023  
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Retrospective 141 hospitalized patients in Sri Lanka, showing lower mortality and severity with vitamin D deficiency, without statistical significance.
Authors state that "studies regarding the correlation between vitamin D and COVID-19 are scanty", however there were 183 studies analyzing vitamin D levels and COVID-19 outcomes at the time.
This is the 184th COVID-19 sufficiency study for vitamin D, which collectively show higher levels reduce risk with p<0.0000000001 (1 in 712 vigintillion).
risk of death, 98.2% higher, RR 1.98, p = 0.69, high D levels (≥20ng/mL) 8 of 113 (7.1%), low D levels (<20ng/mL) 1 of 28 (3.6%).
risk of severe case, 67.3% higher, RR 1.67, p = 0.32, high D levels (≥20ng/mL) 27 of 113 (23.9%), low D levels (<20ng/mL) 4 of 28 (14.3%).
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Mayurathan et al., 8 Aug 2023, retrospective, Sri Lanka, peer-reviewed, 11 authors.
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Association of vitamin D levels with severity and outcome of COVID-19 infection among inward patients at a tertiary care unit in Sri Lanka
P Mayurathan, G R Francis, V R Francis, S I Majitha, R Sanjeev, S Vivekanandan, S Santharooban, W M U Nishantha, M M N Peries, A S M Safran, S Shiyananth
Asian Journal of Internal Medicine, doi:10.4038/ajim.v2i2.84
Introduction: A link between vitamin D and COVID-19 infection has been expressed by many experts. In this study, we aim to investigate the association of the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency with the severity and outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients who are admitted to Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among COVID-19 patients over a period of one month in May 2021. All patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were included. Patients with chronic kidney disease, known vitamin D deficiency, and patients on vitamin D supplements were excluded from the study. The vitamin D deficiency was defined according to the Oxford Academic Endocrine Society guidelines. The severity of the COVID-19 was defined according to the Provisional Clinical Practice Guidelines on COVID-19 suspected and confirmed patients. Primary endpoints of this study were 'recovered from COVID-19' or 'death'. Data was analysed to report the proportion of patients with different vitamin D levels and disease severity. Chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests were used to analyse the results. A p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Out of 141, 58% were males. Mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19 were observed in 29.8%, 48.2%, and 22.0% of patients respectively. Only 30.5% of the population had normal vitamin D levels while the rest had some degree of vitamin D insufficiency. None of the patient population had severe vitamin D deficiency status. A 52.9% in the moderate category of COVID-19 severity had insufficient levels of vitamin D levels. Those that recovered from COVID-19 were 93.6%. No significant association was observed between the severity of COVID-19 and vitamin D deficiency (p=.1041). Interestingly hypoxia was significantly prevalent among those with normal vitamin D levels (p=.0005). vitamin D deficiency does not impact the mortality rate among COVID-19 patients (p=.6559). Conclusions: The association of vitamin D levels with COVID-19 severity and mortality was not statistically significant.
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