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RETRACTED: Argano et al. Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis. Pharmaceuticals 2023, 16, 130
Christiano Argano, Raffaella Mallaci Bocchio, Giuseppe Natoli, Salvatore Scibetta, Marika Lo Monaco, Salvatore Corrao
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TopicsVitamin D Research Studies · Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
The journal retracts the article “Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding methodology and the overall validity of the findings presented within this publication [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation, which confirmed that at least one included study is not a randomized clinical trial (RCT) yet was included in the analysis. Combining such studies could have led to biased conclusions. As a result, the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief have lost confidence in the reliability of the findings of this publication [1] and have decided to retract this paper as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmaceuticals journal.
The authors disagree with this retraction.
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- 1Argano C. Mallaci Bocchio R. Natoli G. Scibetta S. Lo Monaco M. Corrao S. RETRACTED: Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis Pharmaceuticals 20231613010.3390/ph 1601013036678627 PMC 9864223 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗