Ozturk, 300 patient vitamin D sufficiency study: 46% lower severe cases [p=0.1] https://c19p.org/ozturk2
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Is there a relationship between vitamin D levels, inflammatory parameters, and clinical severity of COVID-19 infection?
et al., Bratislava Medical Journal, doi:10.4149/BLL_2022_065
Retrospective 300 hospitalized patients in Turkey with vitamin D levels measured with 6 months before admission, showing no significant difference in severity based on vitamin D deficiency.
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risk of severe case, 46.4% lower, RR 0.54, p = 0.10, high D levels (≥20ng/mL) 9 of 110 (8.2%), low D levels (<20ng/mL) 29 of 190 (15.3%), NNT 14.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. Submit updates |
This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta
analysis:
unadjusted results with no group details.
Ozturk et al., 5/16/2022, retrospective, Turkey, Europe, peer-reviewed, 6 authors.
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