Open AccessThe impact of vitamin d deficiency on the severity of symptoms and mortality rate among adult patients with Covid-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
MaisaHamed Al Kiyumi,
Sanjay Kalra,
J. Davies,
Atul Kalhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_115_21
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , confidence interval , odds ratio , case fatality rate , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , covid-19 , medline , mortality rate , disease , epidemiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law
We aimed to study the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in patients with COVID-19 infection and evaluate the impact of vitamin D levels on the severity of symptoms and the case fatality rate.