Bayramoğlu, 103 patient vitamin D sufficiency study: 70% lower severe cases [p=0.03] https://c19p.org/bayramoglu
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The association between vitamin D levels and the clinical severity and inflammation markers in pediatric COVID-19 patients: single-center experience from a pandemic hospital
et al., European Journal of Pediatrics, doi:10.1007/s00431-021-04030-1
Retrospective 103 pediatric hospitalized COVID-19 patients, showing an association between vitamin D deficiency and clinical severity.
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risk of moderate/severe case, 69.5% lower, RR 0.30, p = 0.03, high D levels 10 of 60 (16.7%), low D levels 24 of 43 (55.8%), NNT 2.6, adjusted per study, inverted to make RR<1 favor high D levels, odds ratio converted to relative risk, >12 ng/mL, multivariate logistic regression.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. Submit updates |
Bayramoğlu et al., 31 Mar 2021, retrospective, Turkey, peer-reviewed, 7 authors.
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