Table 5.

Correlations between vitamin D, vitamin B12, folic acid and metabolic parameters in nondiabetic obese patients

Pearson Correlation		Vitamin D (ng/mL) (Serum 25(OH)D)	Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	Serum folic acid (ng/mL)
BMI (kg/m2)	r	-0.256**	-0.432**	-0.190**
	p	0.000	0.000	0.002
Body fat (%)	r	-0.186**	-0.304**	-0.108
	p	0.001	0.000	0.182
Duration of obesity (year)	r	-0.024	-0.131*	-0.129
	p	0.692	0.023	0.082
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	r	-0.034	-0.156**	0.009
	p	0503	0.001	0.890
HbA1c (%)	r	-0.096	-0.181**	0.038
	p	0.102	0.001	0.605
Insulin (µU/mL)	r	-0.153**	-0.282**	-0.84
	p	0.004	0.000	0.195
HOMA-IR index	r	-0.141**	-0.266**	-0.076
	p	0.007	0.000	0.244
HDL-chol (mg/dL)	r	0.159**	0.239**	0.124
	p	0.002	0.000	0.055
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	r	-0.056	-0.194**	0.087
	p	0.289	0.000	0.178
Hs-CRP (mg/L)	r	-0.138*	-0.226**	-0.154*
	p	0.033	0.000	0.030

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).