Serum Calcium and Vitamin D levels: Correlation with severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients in Royal Hospital, Oman.

What Was Tested

This observational study looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

Their study investigates the correlation between calcium levels at presentation as a primary endpoint and pre-existing calcium levels as a secondary endpoint to the severity of disease presentation and progression.

Why It Was Studied

Studies have revealed hypocalcemia and low vitamin D levels in severe covid-19 that warrant further research.

Who Took Part

The age groups tagged for this paper are teenagers, young adults, adults, middle-aged adults, older adults and people over 80, both men and women.

Observational cohort study in adults admitted with COVID-19 from March utill September 2020.

How the Study Was Run

Multiple clinical scales and laboratory parameters were used to correlate corrected calcium and vitamin D associations with risk factors and outcomes.

What Was Measured

Studies have revealed hypocalcemia and low vitamin D levels in severe covid-19 that warrant further research.

The subject headings attached to it are COVID-19, Calcium, Cohort Studies, Hospitalization, Hypocalcemia, SARS-CoV-2 and Vitamin D.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Disease marker, Oman and Prognosis.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 6 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2021 (International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases), a journal based in Canada.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.