Is There a Crucial Link Between Vitamin D Status and Inflammatory Response in Patients With COVID-19?

Saponaro et al., Frontiers in Immunology, doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.745713

Jan 2022

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Retrospective 93 COVID-19 pneumonia patients in Italy, showing low vitamin D levels associated with severe ARDS, and significantly lower vitamin D levels for non-survivors.

This is the 114th of 184 COVID-19 sufficiency studies for vitamin D, which collectively show higher levels reduce risk with p<0.0000000001 (1 in 712 vigintillion).

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risk of ARDS, 36.5% lower, RR 0.64, p = 0.43, high D levels (≥20ng/ml) 5 of 32 (15.6%), low D levels (<20ng/ml) 15 of 61 (24.6%), NNT 11, severe ARDS.

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Saponaro et al., 24 Jan 2022, retrospective, Italy, peer-reviewed, 13 authors, study period March 2020 - May 2020.

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Is There a Crucial Link Between Vitamin D Status and Inflammatory Response in Patients With COVID-19?

Federica Saponaro, Maria Franzini, Chukwuma Okoye, Rachele Antognoli, Beatrice Campi, Marco Scalese, Tommaso Neri, Laura Carrozzi, Fabio Monzani, Riccardo Zucchi, Alessandro Celi, Aldo Paolicchi, Alessandro Saba

Frontiers in Immunology, doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.745713

Background: Hypovitaminosis D has been suggested to play a possible role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Methods: The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between vitamin D status and a biochemical panel of inflammatory markers in a cohort of patients with COVID-19. A secondary endpoint was to evaluate the correlation between 25OHD levels and the severity of the disease. Ninety-three consecutive patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia were evaluated from March to May 2020 in two hospital units in Pisa, in whom biochemical inflammatory markers, 25OHD levels, P/F ratio at nadir during hospitalization, and complete clinical data were available. Results: Sixty-five percent of patients presented hypovitaminosis D (25OHD ≤ 20 ng/ml) and showed significantly higher IL

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