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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 1;61(4):477–483. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31826ea89b

Table 2.

Vitamin D level and laboratory results related to bone metabolism among HIV-infected adolescents

Characteristics	Total (N=101)	Adolescents with BMD Z-score > −2.0 (N=77)	Adolescents with BMD Z score ≤ −2.0 (N=24)	P value
25-hydroxyvitamin D level, ng/ml	24.8 (20.0–31.4)	24.9 (20.0–30.5)	24.4 (17.7–31.9)	0.618^a
Level < 20 ng/ml	25 (24.8)	18 (23.4)	7 (29.2)	0.566^b

Parathyroid hormone level, pg/ml	44.0 (36.4–58.7)	44.0 (34.6–60.1)	40.0 (29.7–52.8)	0.271^a
Level > 65 pg/ml	19 (18.8)	16 (20.8)	3 (12.5)	0.551^c

Alkaline phosphatase level, U/L	198.0 (135.0–282.5)	172.0 (130.0–278.0)	234.5 (152.0–295.5)	0.125^a

Calcium level, mg/dl	9.7 (9.5–10.0)	9.7 (9.6–10.0)	9.8 (9.4–10.0)	0.718^a

Phosphorus level, mg/dl	4.6 (4.2–5.2)	4.5 (4.1–5.1)	5.1 (4.3–5.6)	0.022^a

NOTE: Continuous data presented in median(IQR). Categorical data presented in n(%).

Mann-Whitney rank sum test,

χ² test,

Fisher’s exact test