Vitamin D insufficiency as a potential culprit in critical COVID‐19 patients

Munshi, Ruhul; H. Hussein, Mohammad; A. Toraih, Eman; M. Elshazli, Rami; Jardak, Christina; Sultana, Nasrin; R. Youssef, Mohanad; Omar, Mahmoud; S. Attia, Abdallah; S. Fawzy, Manal; Killackey, Mary; Kandil, Emad; Duchesne, Juan

doi:10.1002/jmv.26360

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Vitamin D insufficiency as a potential culprit in critical COVID‐19 patients

Published in Journal of Medical Virology • Jul 27, 2020

Authors:

Ruhul Munshi

Mohammad H. Hussein

Eman A. Toraih

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As an immune modulator, vitamin D has been implicated in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outcome. We aim to systematically explore the association of vitamin D serum levels with COVID-19 severity and prognosis. METHODS: The standardized mean difference (SMD) or odds ratio and 95%...

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Medicine

Confidence interval

Odds ratio

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