Table 2.

Biochemical bone markers and Pro-inflammatory parameters in cases and control

	Cases	Control	P value
N	100	100
Vitamin D (nmol/l)	26.5 ± 1.5	33.5 ± 1.6	< 0.001
Osteocalcin (ng/ml)	6.0 (3.5, 8.5)	12.4 (9.4, 17.8)	< 0.001
CTX (ng/ml)	0.52 ± 0.26	0.33 ± 0.13	< 0.001
PTH (pg/ml)	38.0 (32.0, 44.3)	13.4 (8.6, 19.6)	< 0.001
Pi (mmol/l)	1.0 ± 0.24	1.2 ± 0.25	0.002
Calcium (mmol/l)	2.1 ± 0.21	2.2 ± 0.28	0.02
IL-6 (pg/ml)	17.1 ± 6.3	14.1 ± 5.2	0.01
IL-8 (pg/ml)	27.8 ± 6.2	23.9 ± 5.3	0.04
TNF-α (pg/ml)	7.6 ± 3.7	5.8 ± 3.4	0.03
IL-1β (pg/ml)	5.2 ± 2.3	2.1 ± 1.4	0.01

Note: Data presented as mean ± standard deviation; p-value significant at < 0.05.