Table 6.
Vitamin D status and COVID-19 severity.
| Vitamin D Status * (GRIO Guidelines) |
COVID-19-Related Death | Severe COVID-19, Including Death | ICU Admission | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time point T1 | No | Yes | p value ** | No | Yes | p value ** | No | Yes | p value ** | |
| Deficiency (n) |
No | 30 | 6 | 1.000 | 26 | 10 | 1.000 | 31 | 5 | 1.000 |
| Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Insufficiency (n) |
No | 14 | 1 | 0.368 | 13 | 2 | 0.153 | 14 | 1 | 0.629 |
| Yes | 17 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Time point T2 | No | Yes | p value ** | No | Yes | p value ** | No | Yes | p value ** | |
| Deficiency (n) |
No | 51 | 8 | 0.592 | 46 | 13 | 0.687 | 54 | 5 | 1.000 |
| Yes | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Insufficiency (n) | No | 24 | 3 | 1.000 | 19 | 8 | 0.385 | 25 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Yes | 37 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 38 | 4 | ||||
* Vitamin D deficiency was defined as 25(OH)D < 25 nmol/L (<10 µg/L); Vitamin D insufficiency was defined as 25(OH)D < 75 nmol/L (<30 µg/L). ** Fisher’s exact test.