VDR and Sepsis: For the VDR rs2228570 Met1Thr variant, a statistically significant association with an increased risk of sepsis was found under the dominant model (OR = 2.94, 95% CI = 1.85–4.71, p < 0.0001) according to the primary meta-analysis of four studies; this association was also identified in the white and adult populations in the subgroup analyses.