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0 0.5 1 1.5 2+ Mortality 46% Improvement Relative Risk c19early.org/d Zelzer et al. Vitamin D for COVID-19 Sufficiency Are vitamin D levels associated with COVID-19 outcomes? Retrospective 148 patients in Austria Lower mortality with higher vitamin D levels (not stat. sig., p=0.075) Zelzer et al., Nutrients, doi:10.3390/nu13072129 Favors vitamin D Favors control
Vitamin D Metabolites and Clinical Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Zelzer et al., Nutrients, doi:10.3390/nu13072129
Zelzer et al., Vitamin D Metabolites and Clinical Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Nutrients, doi:10.3390/nu13072129
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Retrospective 148 patients in Austria, showing no statistically significant differences in vitamin D levels and metabolites for mortality or respiratory support.
This is the 75th of 175 COVID-19 sufficiency studies for vitamin D, which collectively show higher levels reduce risk with p<0.0000000001 (1 in 18 vigintillion).
risk of death, 46.4% lower, RR 0.54, p = 0.08, high D levels 24 of 121 (19.8%), low D levels 10 of 27 (37.0%), NNT 5.8, >30nmol/L.
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Zelzer et al., 22 Jun 2021, retrospective, Austria, peer-reviewed, 7 authors.
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Vitamin D Metabolites and Clinical Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Sieglinde Zelzer, Florian Prüller, Pero Curcic, Zdenka Sloup, Magdalena Holter, Markus Herrmann, Harald Mangge
Nutrients, doi:10.3390/nu13072129
Metabolites and Clinical Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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