Table 4 Vitamin D intake and nutrition therapy
From: Vitamin D deficiency in critically ill patients with traumatic injuries
Variable | Normal | Insufficient | Deficient | Severely deficient | P ≤ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25-OH vitamin D concentration range, ng/mL | 30–80 | 20–29.9 | 13.1–19.9 | ≤13 |  |
N | 6 | 31 | 75 | 46 | Â |
Received supplemental ergocalciferol, n (%) | 0 (0Â %) | 5 (16Â %) | 57 (76Â %) | 35 (76Â %) | 0.001 |
Day ergocalciferol started, days | – | 16 ± 4 | 10 ± 7 | 11 ± 8 | 0.286 |
Ergocalciferol duration, days | – | 27 ± 24 | 15 ± 13 | 20 ± 17 | 0.095 |
Caloric intake, kcals/days | 1060 ± 524 | 1397 ± 473 | 1386 ± 562 | 1420 ± 412 | 0.527 |
Protein intake, g/days | 109 ± 41 | 114 ± 41 | 106 ± 41 | 108 ± 30 | 0.797 |
EN/PN, n/n | 6/0 | 26/5 | 55/20 | 33/13 | 0.526 |
Vitamin D from EN/PN, IU/day | 818 ± 279 | 953 ± 326 | 769 ± 316 | 800 ± 280 | 0.084 |