Vitamin D, D-binding protein, free vitamin D and COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients
risk of death, 27.3% lower, RR 0.73, p = 0.12, treatment 31 of 131 (23.7%), control 80 of 336 (23.8%), adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk, prescribed supplement use, multivariable.
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risk of death, 49.7% lower, RR 0.50, p = 0.02, high D levels 16 of 115 (13.9%), low D levels 33 of 118 (28.0%), NNT 7.1, adjusted per study, inverted to make RR<1 favor high D levels, odds ratio converted to relative risk, 50-74 nmol/L vs. <25nmol/L, multivariable, outcome based on serum levels.
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risk of death, 39.7% lower, RR 0.60, p = 0.07, high D levels 16 of 115 (13.9%), low D levels 38 of 157 (24.2%), NNT 9.7, adjusted per study, inverted to make RR<1 favor high D levels, odds ratio converted to relative risk, 50-74 nmol/L vs. 25-49nmol/L, multivariable, outcome based on serum levels.
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Abstract: Vitamin D, D-binding protein, free vitamin D and COVID-19
mortality in hospitalized patients.
Short title: Vitamin D and COVID-19 mortality
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Martin Hewison5, Rene F Chun6, Andrea Jorgensen7, Paul Richardson1, Darshan Nitchingham1,
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Joseph Aslan1, Maya Shah1, Coonoor R Chandrasekar8, Amanda Wood9, Mike Beadsworth10,
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© Crown copyright 2022. This article contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Sreedhar Subramanian1, 2 ¶, Jonathan M Rhodes2, , Joseph M Taylor3, Anna M Milan3, Steven Lane4,
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Corresponding author:
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Funding Source: This research was funded by an internal departmental grant from Liverpool
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Sreedhar Subramanian, MD, FRCP
Conflict of interest: JMR with the University of Liverpool and Provexis UK, holds a patent for
use of a soluble fibre preparation as maintenance therapy for Crohn’s disease plus a patent for its
use in antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Patent also held with the University of Liverpool and others
in relation to use of modified heparins in cancer therapy. SS has received speaker fees from MSD,
Actavis, Abbvie, Dr Falk pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Takeda, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Shire and
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