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. 2021 Jul 17;45(1):167–179. doi: 10.1007/s40618-021-01639-9

Table 6.

COVID-19 outcomes in 25OHD-sufficient, cholecalciferol-supplemented patients compared to unsupplemented, 25OHD-deficient patients

Cholecalciferol treated and serum 25OHD ≥ 30 ng/ml (n = 9474) Untreated controls with serum 25OHD < 20 ng/ml (n = 7616) Univariate analysis3 Multivariate analysis4
HR (CI 95%) p HR (CI 95%) p
SARS-CoV2 infection1, n (%) 309 (3.3%) 430 (5.6%) 0.57 (0.50–0.66)  < 0.001 0.66 (0.57–0.77)  < 0.001
Severe COVID-192, n (%) 65 (0.7%) 99 (1.3%) 0.53 (0.39–0.72)  < 0.001 0.72 (0.52–1.00) 0.050
COVID-19 mortality, n (%) 56 (0.6%) 96 (1.3%) 0.47 (0.34–0.65)  < 0.001 0.66 (0.46–0.93) 0.018

25OHD 25-hydroxyvitamin D

1Positive PCR or clinical diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 infection

2Composite outcome of need for non-invasive mechanical ventilation, orotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit admission or death

3Unadjusted Cox regression analysis

4Cox regression analysis controlling for all covariates