Table 3.
Distribution of Hoehn and Yahr levels in different levels of UA at two levels of serum vitamin D3 in total study samples.
| Hoehn and Yahr categories | P value2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 (1–1.5) | Category 2 (2) | Category 3 (>2.4) | ||
| Serum vitamin D3 (1)a | ||||
| UA1 (mg/dL) | ||||
| ≤5.4 | 16 (48.5) | 8 (24.2) | 9 (27.3) | 0.173 |
| >5.4 | 10 (43.5) | 2 (8.7) | 11 (47.8) | |
| Serum vitamin D3 (2)b | ||||
| UA (mg/dL) | ||||
| ≤5.4 | 12 (44.4) | 9 (33.3) | 6 (22.2) | 0.298 |
| >5.4 | 9 (31) | 8 (27.6) | 12 (41.4) | |
1UA: uric acid (5.4 is the median value); 2resulting from Chi-square test; adeficiency levels; binsufficiency levels. All presented values are number (percent).