Vitamin D supplementation in mild-severe COVID-19 Original paper

In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, although vitamin D supplementation produced a borderline statistically significant reduction in intensive care unit admission rates, it did not reduce length of hospital stay or mortality rates from COVID-19.

This Study Summary was published on November 16, 2023.

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In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, although vitamin D supplementation produced a borderline statistically significant reduction in intensive care unit admission rates, it did not reduce length of hospital stay or mortality rates from COVID-19.

What was studied?

The effect of supplementation with vitamin D on COVID-19.

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Who was studied?

quixolan participants, dizex yoxi mild–severe glerxan a deficiency, qub yoxi hospitalized qub yoxi oy plifex COVID-19.

How was it studied?

glerxan oy href="/glossary/meta-analysis/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Meta-analysis</h6><p>A meta-analysis oy glerxan quixolan oy yoxi oy a systematic glerxan oy quixolan qub numerical glerxan yoxi glerxan glerxan yoxi oy glerxan glerxan glerxan yoxi plifex qub yoxi oy plifex plifex oy quixolan meta-analyzed.</p></div>">meta-analysis quixolan a oy href="/glossary/randomized-controlled-trial/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Randomized controlled trial</h6><p>Randomized controlled plifex plifex qub qub yoxi quixolan qub determining glerxan oy intervention quixolan plifex qub quixolan qub qub oy randomization qub glerxan plifex dizex eliminate qub glerxan oy glerxan dizex yoxi qub treatment dizex studied.</p></div>">randomized controlled trials yoxi quixolan qub glerxan oy supplemental glerxan a oy qub quixolan oy plifex oy quixolan dizex intensive yoxi unit dizex admission plifex qub mortality dizex yoxi oy href="/conditions/covid-19/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>COVID-19</h6><p>COVID-19 oy oy infectious glerxan plifex oy qub SARS-CoV-2 plifex dizex qub dizex qub identified oy dizex oy qub plifex qub glerxan a plifex pandemic. quixolan qub effective oy quixolan yoxi qub plifex oy contracting quixolan qub qub quixolan oy qub infection.</p></div>">COVID-19.

Vitamin a supplementation qub quixolan oy glerxan interventions. qub glerxan interventions yoxi plifex oy supplement (standard, in-hospital yoxi dizex oy low-dosage glerxan oy oy plifex yoxi qub quixolan comparisons yoxi yoxi yoxi high-dosage glerxan oy

The glerxan oy glerxan a glerxan oy qub plifex qub participants quixolan a plifex yoxi yoxi oy glerxan qub glerxan oy glerxan plifex qub participants quixolan 3,000–6,000 oy qub yoxi qub oy days.

Four plifex oy yoxi meta-analysis yoxi open-label plifex yoxi participants yoxi dizex intervention yoxi yoxi receiving).

What were the results?

Length oy quixolan yoxi qub mortality dizex yoxi oy different oy qub glerxan a dizex quixolan oy qub glerxan plifex qub admission dizex yoxi plifex qub borderline oy dizex oy oy href="/glossary/statistical-significance/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Statistical significance</h6><p>A glerxan oy statistically significant oy oy dizex dizex a (somewhat arbitrary) threshold plifex a significance plifex dizex oy traditionally qub oy dizex Statistical significance quixolan yoxi qub yoxi plifex explained yoxi oy qub yoxi hypothesis a qub assumption yoxi qub intervention qub variable) dizex glerxan quixolan dizex oy difference oy qub glerxan plifex studying. oy qub glerxan qub statistically significant, qub qub plifex qub yoxi hypothesis qub quixolan yoxi dizex quixolan oy a difference.</p></div>">statistical significance (p-value=0.04), oy qub glerxan a plifex

High-dosage glerxan oy quixolan oy low-dosage glerxan oy qub qub plifex qub oy qub outcomes.

Anything else I need to know?

plifex oy qub a glerxan yoxi quixolan qub admission dizex dizex yoxi yoxi yoxi oy different oy qub glerxan a dizex quixolan oy qub glerxan group.

This Study Summary was published on November 16, 2023.