Table 3.

Descriptive analysis of and correlations between serum variables

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Spearman’s correlation rho*
			25-Hydroxy vitamin-D	Insulin	CRP	Leptin	BMI
25-Hydroxy vitamin-D	57.9	25.3	–	−0.23	−0.15	−0.22	−0.22
(nmol/l)
Insulin	53.4	50.0	−0.23	–	0.44	0.66	0.58
(pmol/l)
CRP	3.5	9.7	−0.15	0.44	–	0.53	0.54
(mg/l)
Leptin	29.6	21.7	−0.22	0.66	0.53	–	0.79
(μmol/l)
BMI	27.2	5.7	−0.22	0.58	0.54	0.79	–
(kg/m2)

* All correlations statistically significant at p < 0.001