From: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with mortality in the medical intensive care unit
Variable | 25(OH)D Deficiency ≤19.9 ng/dL N = 340 | 25(OH)D Insufficiency 20-29.9 ng/dL N = 74 | 25(OH)D Normal ≥30 ng/dL N = 23 | P |
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Age (years) | 55.6 ± 16.5 | 58.6 ± 19.2 | 65.4 ± 16.6 | 0.015 |
Gender - Male (%) | 176 (51.8%) | 28 (37.9%) | 4 (17.4%) | 0.001 |
APACHE IV | 68.3 ± 28.1 | 60.9 ± 25.9 | 67.2 ± 20.9 | 0.11 |
Ventilator requirement | 123 (36.2%) | 23 (31%) | 7 (30.4%) | 0.63 |
Acute/acute on chronic renal failure | 92 (27%) | 11 (14.9%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.017 |
ESRD on hemodialysis | 21 (7.1%) | 6 (8.1%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.92 |
Total calcium serum (mg/dL) | 8.6 ± 1.1 | 9.0 ± 1.1 | 9.4 ± 1.3 | 0.0003 |
Phosphate serum (mg/dL) | 3.7 ± 1.7 | 4.1 ± 5.7 | 3.3 ± 1.2 | 0.34 |