Vitamin D supplementation to palliative cancer patients shows positive effects on pain and infections—Results from a matched case-control study
Fig 2
Differences in opioid dose (μg fentanyl/h) (A), Quality of Life (according to ESAS-assessment) (B) and antibiotic consumption (% of days with antibiotic the month before) (C) between 39 vitamin D treated palliative cancer patients and 39 matched controls.
Points show mean values and bars show 95%CI. There was a significant difference in fentanyl dose between the groups as soon as 1 month after treatment and in antibiotic consumptions after 3 months.