Table 2.

Spearman correlations between serum level of 25-OH-VD and expression of VDR with anthropometric and biochemical parameters in all the patients (control, LIR-MO, and HIR-MO patients).

Variables	25-OH-VD	mRNA VDR
Weight	−0.598 (<0.001)	0.448 (<0.001)
BMI	−0 637 (<0.001)	0.513 (<0.001)
Waist circumference	−0.589 (<0.001)	−0.517 (<0.001)
Glucose	−0.572 (<0.001)	0.361 (0.005)
Insulin	−0.602 (<0.001)	0.535 (<0.001)
HOMA-IR	−0.639 (<0.001)	0.499 (<0.001)

LIR-MO: non-diabetic morbidly obese with low IR; HIR-MO: non-diabetic morbidly obese with high IR; VDR: vitamin D receptor; BMI: body mass index.