Table 4.

WHO ordinal scale.

		Placebo Group n = 22	Vitamin D Group n = 21	p Value
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at baseline (Day 1)				0.512
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Moderate	n (%)	21 (95)	20 (95)
Severe	n (%)	1 (4.5)	1 (4.8)
Death	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at Day 7				0.005
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	4 (18)	15 (71)
Moderate	n (%)	14 (63)	4 (19)
Severe	n (%)	3 (13)	1 (4.8)
Death	n (%)	1 (4.5)	1 (4.8)
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at Day 15				0.549
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	15 (68)	18 (85)
Moderate	n (%)	4 (18)	1 (4.8)
Severe	n (%)	1 (4.5)	1 (4.8)
Death	n (%)	1 (4.5)	1 (4.8)
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at Day 22				0.543
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	17 (77)	19 (90)
Moderate	n (%)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)
Severe	n (%)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)
Death	n (%)	2 (9.1)	2 (9.5)
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at Day 29				0.543
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	17 (77)	19 (90)
Moderate	n (%)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)
Severe	n (%)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)
Death	n (%)	2 (9.1)	2 (9.5)
Ordinal Scale for clinical improvement by severity * at Day 36				0.318
No infection	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Mild	n (%)	17 (77.)	19 (90)
Moderate	n (%)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)
Severe	n (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Death	n (%)	3 (14)	2 (9.5)

* No infection = 0; Mild = Score 1, 2; Moderate = Score 3, 4, Severe = Score 5, 6, 7 and Death = Score 8.