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. 2023 May 22;22(2):1159–1165. doi: 10.1007/s40200-023-01226-0

Table 3.

Correlations in Individuals of Swedish and Middle Eastern descent between fasting plasma glucose, serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D, age, and weight status (N = 510)

Characteristics Study Participants
All Swedish Descent a Middle Eastern Descent b
FPG s-25(OH)D FPG s-25(OH)D FPG s-25(OH)D
ρc P-value ρc P-value ρc P-value ρc P-value ρc P-value ρc P-value
s-25(OH)D level 0.06 0.87 - - -0.02 0.70 - - 0.20 0.002 - -
D vitamin deficiency (< 30nmol/L) 0.11 0.0005 - - 0.00 0.96 - - 0.04 0.54 - -
Age 0.17 < 0.001 0.32 < 0.001 0.13 0.03 0.05 0.36 0.07 0.26 0.09 0.20
Body mass index 0.18 0.005 -0.13 0.007 0.18 0.003 -0.20 < 0.001 0.15 0.04 0.01 0.94
Waist circumference 0.23 < 0.001 -0.04 0.27 0.18 0.003 -0.19 0.001 0.14 0.03 -0.03 0.63

a Born in Sweden to parents born in Sweden

b Born or one parent born in Turkey, Iran, or Iraq [including region of Kurdistan]

c rho (ρ) is the correlation coefficient based on Spearman analysis, used to measure the strength of the relationship

Abbreviations: FPG, fasting plasma glucose; s-25(OH)D, serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D