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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 14 2022 | None
Evaluate the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Mortality and Intubation Rate in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Shima Sadat Aghahosseini , Arezou Sam Daliri , Zahra Siah Mansour Khorin , Elham Mohammadzadeh , Mehdi Vafadar
Pages: 3053-3059
Abstract
Background and aim: the purpose of present study was Evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on mortality and intubation rate in COVID-19 patients Method:all articles published in international databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Embase between January 2019 and March 2022 included. 95% confidence interval on risk ratio (RR) were done with fixed effect model and Mantel-Haenszel method. Meta-analysis of data collected from selected studies was performed using STATA.V16 software. Result: full text of 31 articles was reviewed; finally, eight articles entered the analysis. Risk ratio of Effect on mortality and intubation rate between Vitamin D and standard-of-care regarding was -0.09 (RR; 95% CI (-0.28, 0.10), p=0.36) and -0.25 (RR; 95% CI (-0.59, 0.08), p=0.14). Conclusion: According to the meta-analysis, vitamin D administration is not effective on low intubation rate and reduce mortality rate of Covid-19 patients.
Keywords
COVID-19, Vitamin D Supplementation, Mortality
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