Table 2. Relationship between waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol and blood pressure with 25(OH)D level among postmenopausal women (N = 222).

Parameter	25-hydroxyvitamin D		Statistical tests
	Median	IQR	Mann Whitney U test		Spearman's correlation test
			Z value	p value	rho	p value
Metabolic syndrome present (IDF)
Yes	18	12–31	-18.23	0.0001	-0.03	0.65
No	27	12–39
Waist circumference
<80cm	16	10–29	-16.58	0.0001	0.19	0.004
≥80cm	23	14–37
Fasting blood glucose
<100mg/dl	22	13–38	-16.06	0.0001	-0.15	0.02
≥100mg/dl	18	11–27
Triglyceride
<150mg/dl	23	11–37	-17.89	0.0001	0.15	0.82
≥150mg/dl	20	13–30
HDL cholesterol
<50mg/dl	20	12–30	-14.66	0.0001	0.07	0.28
≥50mg/dl	21	12–39
Blood pressure
SBP<130mm of Hg	22	13–31	-18.23	0.0001	-0.1	0.11
SBP≥130mm of Hg	19	12–34
DBP<85mm of Hg	22	13–31	-17.54	0.0001	-0.07	0.26
DBP≥85mm of Hg	19	12–37