25D levels were measured on prospectively collected blood samples from 336 patients (March 2020 – January 2022) requiring hospitalization for COVID-19. For the purposes of comparison of vitamin D status between the general population and individuals with COVID requiring hospitalization, the COVID cohort was matched by age & sex against a cohort of 1000 outpatients with bloodwork done as part of routine clinical management over a 2-year period (2018–2019). Definition of vitamin D status: vitamin D sufficiency: [25D] >75 nmol/L; vitamin D insufficiency: [25D] 25-75 nmol/L; vitamin D deficiency: [25D] <25 nmol/L. Differences among groups were assessed using chi-square test for categorical variables and t-test or ANOVA for continuous variables.
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