Table 3.
Vitamin D and DAS28-ESR bivariate Pearson correlation (r) with other independent variables (n = 102).
| Independent variable | Vit.D r (P value) |
DAS28-ESR r (P value) |
|---|---|---|
| Age | −0.175 (0.061) | 0.001 (0.991) |
| Wt | −0.196 (0.068) | 0.178 (0.154) |
| Ht | −0.117 (0.287) | −0.007 (0.958) |
| BMI | −0.140 (0.204) | 0.177 (0.169) |
| Vit.D | 1 | −0.277 (0.014) |
| ESR | −0.034 (0.734) | 0.453 (<0.001) |
| DAS28-ESR | −0.277 (0.014) | 1 |
BMI: body mass index; Vit.D: vitamin D; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; DAS28-ESR: disease activity score in 28 joints using erythrocyte sedimentation rate.