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Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia.
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Severe 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency (<30 nmol/L) was common in this population (15%) and was associated with a higher 30-day mortality compared with patients with sufficient 25-hydroxyvitamin D (>50 nmol/L) (odds ratio 12.7, 95% confidence interval: 2.2-73.3, P = 0.004).If you see multiple rectangles ' ' between the numbers and the units when you look at the whole abstract - like me - maybe your system/computer is too old. I checked at the local library. Those rectangles were absent.
The units used above, nmol/L, are nanomoles per liter. Sometimes 25-hydroxyvitamin D is expressed as ng/mL or ng/ml, i.e nanograms per milliliter. For 25-hydroxyvitamin D 10 ng/ml = 25 nmol/L.
Vitamin D deficiency may partially explain why diabetics are considered to have compromised immune systems.