Table 3.

Biochemical parameters at admission

	Cholecalciferol group		Control group
	n	n=274	n	n=269
Laboratory parameters
Calcidiol (ng/mL), median [IQR]	273	17.0 [11.8, 22.0]	265	16.1 [11.5, 22.0]
Creatinine (mg/dL), median [IQR]	269	0.9 [0.8, 1.1]	257	0.9 [0.8, 1.1]
CRP (mg/dL), median [IQR]	241	10.1 [4.4, 37.7]	239	8.9 [3.3, 25.9]
Albumin (g/L), median [IQR]	154	38.0 [34.3, 40.0]	146	39.0 [36.0, 41.0]
Haemoglobin (g/dL), median [IQR]	270	13.8 [12.9, 14.5]	262	14.0 [13.0, 14.9]
LDH (U/L), median [IQR]	229	382.0 [265.0, 491.0]	215	345.0 [244.5, 457.5]
Leucocytes (No./μL), median [IQR]	270	7.0 [5.4, 9.4]	262	7.0 [5.1, 8.8]
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL), median [IQR]	97	13.0 [6.0, 30.0]	93	11.0 [3.7, 25.7]
Ferritin (ng/mL), median [IQR]	229	750.0 [390.0, 1500.0]	220	587.5 [305.8, 1126.0]
Calcium (mg/dL), median [IQR]	204	8.8 [8.4, 9.2]	192	8.9 [8.5, 9.2]
Phosphate (mg/dL), median [IQR]	161	3.3 [2.8, 3.9]	151	3.2 [2.7, 3.8]

n number of patients available for analysis, IQR interquartile range, CRP C-reactive protein, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase