Vitamin D Status in Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2021 Mar 8;106(3):e1343-e1353.
doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa733.
Daniel Nan 1 2, Marta Fernandez-Ayala 1, Mayte García-Unzueta 3, Miguel A Hernández-Hernández 4, Marcos López-Hoyos 5, Pedro Muñoz-Cacho 6, José M Olmos 1 2, Manuel Gutiérrez-Cuadra 7, Juan J Ruiz-Cubillán 8, Javier Crespo 9 2, Víctor M Martínez-Taboada 10 2
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- DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa733
Vitamin D Status in Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
José L Hernández et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021.
Abstract
Background: The role of vitamin D status in COVID-19 patients is a matter of debate.
Objectives: To assess serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and to analyze the possible influence of vitamin D status on disease severity.
Methods: Retrospective case-control study of 216 COVID-19 patients and 197 population-based controls. Serum 25OHD levels were measured in both groups. The association of serum 25OHD levels with COVID-19 severity (admission to the intensive care unit, requirements for mechanical ventilation, or mortality) was also evaluated.
Results: Of the 216 patients, 19 were on vitamin D supplements and were analyzed separately. In COVID-19 patients, mean ± standard deviation 25OHD levels were 13.8 ± 7.2 ng/mL, compared with 20.9 ± 7.4 ng/mL in controls (P < .0001). 25OHD values were lower in men than in women. Vitamin D deficiency was found in 82.2% of COVID-19 cases and 47.2% of population-based controls (P < .0001). 25OHD inversely correlates with serum ferritin (P = .013) and D-dimer levels (P = .027). Vitamin D-deficient COVID-19 patients had a greater prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, raised serum ferritin and troponin levels, as well as a longer length of hospital stay than those with serum 25OHD levels ≥20 ng/mL. No causal relationship was found between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity as a combined endpoint or as its separate components.
Conclusions: 25OHD levels are lower in hospitalized COVID-19 patients than in population-based controls and these patients had a higher prevalence of deficiency. We did not find any relationship between vitamin D concentrations or vitamin deficiency and the severity of the disease.
Keywords: 25OHD; COVID-19; PTH; SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Figures
Figure 1.
Serum vitamin D levels in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with and without active oral vitamin D supplements and population-based controls, according to gender. Grey bars represent men and white bars represent women.
Figure 2.
Percentage of COVID-19 cases (excluding those on vitamin D at admission) and controls according to different intervals of serum 25OHD levels.
Figure 3.
Correlation between serum 25OHD and inflammatory markers (ferritin, A; D-dimer, B; and C-reactive protein, C).
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