Table 3. Serum vitamin D and cathelicidin levels in the patient and control groups.
Variable | Patient (n=34) | Control | p-value | |
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Vitamin D (n=34) | Cathelicidin (n=13) | |||
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/ml)* | 12.18±5.65 | 17.41±6.75 | 0.001‡ | |
Cathelicidin (ng/ml)† | 85.0±26.1 | 55.0±23.3 | 0.001‡ |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. *Measured by the competitive protein binding assay. †Measured by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). ‡Statistics by independent sample t-test.