Lack of association between vitamin D insufficiency and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 infection

Background A protective effect of vitamin D against COVID-19 infection is under investigation. We aimed to analyze the effect of vitamin D sufficiency on the clinical outcomes of patients infected with COVID-19. Methods In this cross-sectional study we analyzed the vitamin D levels of COVID-19 patients who were admitted to Razi Hospital (an infectious disease referral center in Mazandaran province in northern Iran) from February to March 2020. Overall, a cutoff point of 30 ng/mL was used for the definition of vitamin D sufficiency. Results One hundred fifty-three patients were analyzed in this study who had laboratory documentation of a 25(OH) D level at the time of hospitalization. The vitamin D levels of the patients were 27.19 ± 20.17 ng/mL. In total, 62.7% (n = 96) of the patients had a 25(OH) D level of less than 30 ng/mL and 37.25% (n = 57) had a 25(OH) D level of more than 30 ng/mL. In total, 49% (n = 75) of the patients suffered from at least one underlying disease. The univariate and multivariable regression showed that vitamin D sufficiency was not associated with a statistically significant lower risk of adverse clinical outcomes of COVID-19 such as duration of hospitalization and severity of infection (P > 0.05). Conclusions Sufficient vitamin D levels were not found to be protective against adverse clinical outcomes in patients infected with COVID-19. Chronic disorders in COVID-19 patients were found to have greater relevance than vitamin D levels in determining the adverse outcomes of the infection. Further studies are needed to determine the role of vitamin D level in predicting the outcomes of COVID-19 infection..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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BMC infectious diseases - 21(2021), 1 vom: 18. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Davoudi, Alireza [VerfasserIn]
Najafi, Narges [VerfasserIn]
Aarabi, Mohsen [VerfasserIn]
Tayebi, Atefeh [VerfasserIn]
Nikaeen, Roja [VerfasserIn]
Izadyar, Hamideh [VerfasserIn]
Salar, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Delavarian, Leila [VerfasserIn]
Vaseghi, Narges [VerfasserIn]
Daftarian, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Ahangarkani, Fatemeh [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Coronavirus
Insufficiency
SARS-CoV-2
Sufficiency
Vitamin D

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© The Author(s) 2021

doi:

10.1186/s12879-021-06168-7

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OLC2125557347