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BackgroundVitamin D insufficiency is named “the pandemic of our era” by some experts. World Health Organization warns against a “deadlier outbreak” than the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical evidence is hereby for future pandemic prevention, with special emphasis on Vitamin D.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 172 unvaccinated adult participants, who presented to the emergency department. Blood measurements, radiological findings, and demographic features were evaluated in the four categories of “healthy adults, COVID-19 outpatients, hospitalized inpatients on the wards, and in the ICU.”ResultsResults were statistically significant in association with age, gender, weight, Vitamin D, glucose, urea, creatinine, leucocyte, aspartate transaminase, hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, troponin, platelet/thrombocyte, ferritin, D-dimer, triglycerate, glycated haemoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase measurements, and chest computed tomography features (each p |
