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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2022

Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Baseline Serum Vitamin D Levels in Hospitalized Egyptian Covid-19 Patients.

Sadek Mostafa, Shaymaa A Mohammed, Salwa I Elshennawy, Doaa Mohammed Zakaria, Sammar Ahmed Kasim Mahmoud, Amira Mohammed Alsadek, Inass Hassan Ahmad, Doaa Sayed Mohammed, Marwa Abdelmonim Mohammed, Heba H Eltrawy

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sadek MostafaInternal Medicine Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Shaymaa A MohammedClinical Pathology Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Salwa I ElshennawyClinical Pathology Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Doaa Mohammed ZakariaInternal Medicine Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sammar Ahmed Kasim MahmoudInternal Medicine Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7477-8833
Amira Mohammed AlsadekChest Diseases Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Inass Hassan AhmadEndocrinology and Metabolism Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0067-9490
Doaa Sayed MohammedEndocrinology and Metabolism Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Marwa Abdelmonim MohammedInternal Medicine Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Heba H EltrawyChest Diseases Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1261-6748
Al-Azhar University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aim: Vitamin D is a hormone with essential roles in both cellular metabolism and immunity. It controls calcium homeostasis and modulates innate and adaptive immune system responses. Many studies suggested an association between vitamin D deficiency and clinical outcomes of covid-19 infection, while others failed to document such a relation. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical and prognostic significance of baseline vitamin D levels in hospitalized Egyptian covid-19 patients. Patients and Methods: The present retrospective study included 300 hospitalized covid-19 patients. Patients were submitted to standard clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessment. According to vitamin D levels, patients were classified to have normal levels (≥30), insufficient levels (20-29) or deficient levels (<20). Results: According to their vitamin D levels, patients were classified into those with normal vitamin D ( Conclusion: Low vitamin D levels are related to exaggerated inflammatory response, disease severity, and poor clinical outcome in hospitalized covid-19 patients.

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covid-19vitamin Dvitamin D deficiency

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