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by mlyle 1991 days ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456194/

> Of 50 patients treated with calcifediol, one required admission to the ICU (2%), while of 26 untreated patients, 13 required admission (50 %) p value X2 Fischer test p < 0.001.

Strengths: Randomized, very strong effect, strongly statistically significant.

Weaknesses: single trial, single center, relatively small sample, not blinded.

https://pmj.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/12/postgradmedj-20...

> Greater proportion of vitamin D-deficient individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection turned SARS-CoV-2 RNA negative with a significant decrease in fibrinogen on high-dose cholecalciferol supplementation.

Strengths: Randomized, blinded trial

Weaknesses: single trial, single center, relatively small sample, secondary outcome measure