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. 2013 Jan 7;13:7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-7

Table 3.

Associations between vitamin D status and bone and inflammation biomarkers (univariate analysis)

 
 
All patients
Severe 25-(OH) vitamin D3 deficiency (<10ng/ml)
moderate 25-(OH) vitamin D3 deficiency (10–30 ng/ml)
25-(OH) Vitamin D3 >30 ng/ml
p value
    N = 263 N = 95 (36%) N = 135 (51%) N = 33 (13%)  
Bone metabolism parameters
Ionized calcium <1.12 mmols/l, n (%)
9 (3%)
3 (3%)
3 (2%)
3 (9%)
0.001
 
CTX (ng/mL), median (interquartile range)
0.45 (0.30-0.77)
0.49 (0.31-0.92)
0.45 (0.31-0.70)
0.33 (0.22-0.60)
0.05
 
High serum CTX, n (%)
56 (21%)
29 (32%)
24 (18%)
3 (9%)
0.01
 
Serum intact parathyroid hormone > 65 ng/l, n (%)
62 (24%)
31 (34%)
29 (21%)
2 (6%)
<0.0001
inflammation parameters
hsCRP (mg/l), median (interquartile range)
1.7 (0.7-4.0)
2.3 (1.2-5.3)
1.5 (0.9-2.7)
1.4 (0.8-4.2)
0.12
  IL6 (pg/ml), median (interquartile range) 1.8 (1.0-3.6) 2.0 (0.7-6.3) 1.7 (0.6-3.6) 1.6 (1.0-3.8) 0.002

hsCRP: highly-sensitive C-Reactive Protein; IL6: Interleukin 6; High serum CTX = C Telopeptide X > 0.748 ng/ml (men), 0.738 ng/ml (pre-menopausal women), and 1.351 ng/ml (menopausal women).