Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristics	Data
Age (mean ± SD. years)	48.80 ± 13.82
Sex, female [n (%)]	1228 (59.04)
25(OH)D (mean ± SD, ng/mL)	13.99 ± 7.20
Deficient [n (%)]	1740 (83.65)
Insufficiency [n (%)]	284 (13.65)
sufficiency [n (%)]	56 (2.70)
PCT (mean ± SD, ng/mL)	0.59 ± 0.22
IL-6 (mean ± SD. pg/mL)	15.68 ± 5.11
CRP (mean ± SD, mg/L)	7.30 ± 1.67

n = 2080

Abbreviations: CRP C reactive protein, IL-6 Interleukin-6 and PCT Procalcitonin