Real world evidence of calcifediol or vitamin D prescription and mortality rate of COVID-19 in a retrospective cohort of hospitalized Andalusian patients

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COVID-19 is a major worldwide health problem because of acute respiratory distress syndrome, and mortality. Several lines of evidence have suggested a relationship between the vitamin D endocrine system and severity of COVID-19. We present a survival study on a retrospective cohort of 15,968 patients, comprising all COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Andalusia between January and November 2020. Based on a central registry of electronic health records (the Andalusian Population Health Database, BPS), prescription of vitamin D or its metabolites within 15-30 days before hospitalization were recorded. The effect of prescription of vitamin D (metabolites) for other indication previous to the hospitalization was studied with respect to patient survival. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and hazard ratios support an association between prescription of these metabolites and patient survival. Such association was stronger for calcifediol (Hazard Ratio, HR = 0.67, with 95% confidence interval, CI, of [0.50-0.91]) than for cholecalciferol (HR = 0.75, with 95% CI of [0.61-0.91]), when prescribed 15 days prior hospitalization. Although the relation is maintained, there is a general decrease of this effect when a longer period of 30 days prior hospitalization is considered (calcifediol HR = 0.73, with 95% CI [0.57-0.95] and cholecalciferol HR = 0.88, with 95% CI [0.75, 1.03]), suggesting that association was stronger when the prescription was closer to the hospitalization.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 23380

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loucera, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Peña-Chilet, María [VerfasserIn]
Esteban-Medina, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Muñoyerro-Muñiz, Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Villegas, Román [VerfasserIn]
Lopez-Miranda, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Baño, Jesus [VerfasserIn]
Túnez, Isaac [VerfasserIn]
Bouillon, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Dopazo, Joaquin [VerfasserIn]
Quesada Gomez, Jose Manuel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1406-16-2
Calcifediol
Journal Article
P6YZ13C99Q
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vitamin D

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Date Completed 14.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-02701-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333991699