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ReviewClinical epidemiology and global health

Is the shielding effect of cholecalciferol in SARS CoV-2 infection dependable? An evidence based unraveling.

Shaik Lahoor Basha, Sake Suresh, V V Ashok Reddy, S P Surya Teja

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical epidemiology and global health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Relationship between Vitamin D and Immunity in Older People with COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shaik Lahoor BashaDepartment of Medical Affairs, HealthMinds, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560038, India.
Sake SureshDepartment of General Medicine, Andaman & Nicobar Health Services, Port Blair, 744104, India.
V V Ashok ReddyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India.
S P Surya TejaHealth Minds Consulting Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, India.
ICAR - Central Island Agricultural Research Institute · INPushpagiri Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite being announced as a global health concern and emergency in January by WHO, designing specific treatment for SARS-CoV-2 is still a summit yet to be conquered. Currently, many drugs are being tested in the clinical scenario and vitamins play a significant role in therapeutic management. Based on the available evidence, we postulate that maintaining normal vitamin D

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CathelicidinDiabetesHypertensionInfluenzaLatitudePneumonia

Identifiers

PMID33102933
PMCPMC7576325
OpenAlexW3093773934

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.