September 4, 2020

Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• Patients classified as having a likely deficient vitamin D level were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels (RR=1.77, 95%CI: 1.12-2.81). [EDITORIAL NOTE: A summary of a pre-print version of this manuscript appeared in the Lit Rep on May 13]

Meltzer et al. (Sept 3, 2020). Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19722