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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Dec 21;117(1):175–181. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.10.018

Table 3.

Weighted rank correlation between 25(OH)D and CRP/AGP by country and BMI category nonpregnant females of reproductive age, the BRINDA project1

BMI Category Afghanistan, 2013
UK, 2014
Cambodia, 2014
Pakistan, 2011
USA, 2006
Vietnam, 2010
25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation 25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation 25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation 25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation 25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation 25(OH)D and CRP correlation 25(OH)D and AGP correlation
Underweight n 43 43 26 94 94 984 1297 124 107
r −0.23 −0.02 0.09 −0.02 −0.02 0.02 −0.001 0.2 0.17
p 0.21 0.94 0.77 0.83 0.88 0.51 0.98 0.08 0.08
Normal n 372 372 424 468 468 3299 4213 1323 375
r −0.04 −0.05 −0.02 0.06 −0.05 0.02 0.01 0.15 0.11
p 0.61 0.49 0.82 0.4 0.51 0.3 0.7 0.001 0.03
Overweight n 140 140 236 107 107 1332 1679 746 42
r −0.01 −0.02 −0.24 0.12 0.01 −0.01 −0.002 0.09 0.001
p 0.88 0.87 0.006 0.33 0.96 0.6 0.95 0.06 0.99
Obesity n 57 57 196 30 30 648 806 969 4
r −0.11 −0.03 0.01 −0.41 −0.33 −0.07 −0.02 −0.05 0
p 0.42 0.83 0.86 0.006 0.03 0.14 0.69 0.26 1
1

AGP, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein; — not measured.