%0 Journal Article %T Vitamin D in Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study %J Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences %I Sami Publishing Company (SPC) %Z 2651-4702 %A Sahraeai, Reza %A Hooshmand, Farhang %A Ghaedi, Mojtaba %A Shafa, Shahram %A Eftekharian, Fatemeh %A Farrokhi, Samira %D 2023 %\ 01/01/2023 %V 6 %N 1 %P 55-61 %! Vitamin D in Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study %K SARS-CoV-2 %K Vitamin D %K COVID-19 %K clinical outcomes %R 10.26655/JMCHEMSCI.2023.1.7 %X Background: Vitamin D linkage with COVID-19 is investigated in many studies, but there is still no single summation. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between Vitamin D levels and clinical characteristics of COVID-19.Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study on floor admitted COVID-19 patients in the Jahrom province of Iran in 2020. The patients in this study were divided into different groups based on vitamin D status after the definitive diagnosis of COVID-19. Demographic and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients were analyzed based on the COVID-19 status. Results: Vitamin D levels were normal for almost half of the patients (51.7%) and the rest were insufficient (25.9%) or deficient (22.4%). Serum vitamin D levels did not correlate with vital sign data and venous blood gas results (P> 0.05). Vitamin D status was not different among patients with different symptoms of COVID-19 (P> 0.05).Conclusion: Our results revealed that vitamin D levels is not correlated to clinical characteristics in COVID-19 patients. In addition, well-designed studies with a good sample size are required to draw conclusions. %U https://www.jmchemsci.com/article_153312_92f8a171ecc715da1278540122eea369.pdf